The Functions of Angels in Sufi Literature
Series: Islamic History and Civilization; 218;
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Product details:
- Publisher BRILL
- Date of Publication 3 April 2025
- ISBN 9789004716070
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages362 pages
- Size 235x155 mm
- Weight 809 g
- Language 692
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Short description:
This book is a literary study tracing the roles and functions of angels as characters in pre-Mongol or ?classical? Sufi literature (7th-12th century CE), based on functions outlined from their roles in the Qur??n.
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This book is a literary study tracing the roles and functions of angels as characters in Sufi literature, based on their functions outlined in the Qur??n. If you pick up any book discussing Islam or islamic theology, you will probably find angels in it - one never thinks much about them, and they often seem marginal. However, whether real or a simple literary device, what are the angels? real functions in a text? This study proposes to outline their functions, and more specifically what classical Sufi literature (7th-12th century CE) makes of them.
MoreTable of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Abstract
Introduction
1 Preliminary remarks
2 Angels in the Quran
3 Angels in Sufi commentarial literature
4 Last remarks
1 Angels in Sufi Tafs&&&x012B;r: the Basic Quranic Functions
1 Some introductory remarks on the selected tafs&&&x012B;r
2 Reviewing angels in the tafs&&&x012B;r
3 Presentation of the basic Quranic functions of angels
4 The narrative function of angels in the tafs&&&x012B;r
5 The theological function in the tafs&&&x012B;r
6 The religious praxis function in the tafs&&&x012B;r
7 Concluding thoughts
2 Angels in Sufi Tafs&&&x012B;r: General Quranic Functions
1 Presentation of the general Quranic functions of angels
2 The cosmological function in the tafs&&&x012B;r
3 The role of messenger: the classic cosmological function in tafs&&&x012B;r
4 An overlooked cosmological function in tafs&&&x012B;r: angels as testers
5 Concluding thoughts
3 Angels in Sufi Tafs&&&x012B;r: Two Sufi Functions
1 Of angels, the jinn and the Devil in the Quran
2 The function of cosmological enrichment in the tafs&&&x012B;r
3 The case of Gabriel, Michael, and other named angels in the tafs&&&x012B;r
4 The symbolic function of angels in the tafs&&&x012B;r
5 Concluding thoughts on angels in the Sufi tafs&&&x012B;r
4 Angelic Roles and Functions in the Sufi Mi&&&x02BF;r&&&x0101;j
1 The &&&x201C;heavenly ascension&&&x201D; or mi&&&x02BF;r&&&x0101;j in Islam
2 The Sufi mi&&&x02BF;r&&&x0101;j
3 The mi&&&x02BF;r&&&x0101;j of Ab&&&x016B; Yaz&&&x012B;d al-Bis&&&x1E6D;&&&x0101;m&&&x012B;
4 The mi&&&x02BF;r&&&x0101;j of Ibn &&&x02BF;Arab&&&x012B;
5 Concluding thoughts
5 Angels In al-Fut&&&x016B;&&&x1E25;&&&x0101;t al-Makkiyya by Ibn &&&x02BF;Arab&&&x012B;
1 Presentation of the work
2 Building on the angelic general Quranic functions
3 Building on the Basic Quranic Functions: Angels in Relationship to Humans, Spirits and Other Beings
4 The symbolic function: the mystical meta-function of angels
5 Concluding thoughts
Conclusion
Appendix1&&&x2014;Angels in Arabia: In and around the Quran
Appendix2&&&x2014;Verses in Mus&&&x1E25;af Order
Appendix3&&&x2014;List of Verses Mentioned in Each Tafs&&&x012B;r
Appendix4&&&x2014;Angelic Hierarchies
Bibliography
Index
The Functions of Angels in Sufi Literature
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