The Horizons of Being

The Metaphysics of Ibn al-?Arab? in the Muqaddimat al-Qay?ar?
 
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ISBN13:9789004425248
ISBN10:9004425241
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:264 pages
Size:235x155 mm
Weight:519 g
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Short description:

The Horizons of Being is a parallel English-Arabic translation and commentary of Daw?d al-Qay?ar??s (d. 1350) Prolegomena to his commentary on Ibn al-?Arab??s Fu??? al-?ikam.

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The Horizons of Being explores the teachings of Ibn al-?Arab? by examining D?w?d al-Qay?ar??s (d. 751/1350) Prolegomena to his commentary on the Fu??? al-?ikam, popularly known as the Muqaddimat al-Qay?ar?. A masterpiece of Sufism, the Muqaddima is both a distillation of the Fu??? and a summary of Ibn al-?Arab??s entire metaphysical worldview. As such, it is a foundational text that delves into the most important subjects characterizing the philosophical Sufi tradition: Being, God?s attributes, divine knowledge, the universal worlds, unveiling, creation and the microcosm, the perfect human, the origin and return of the spirit, prophethood and sainthood. The present work is a complete translation of the Muqaddima and a commentary that incorporates the ideas of the main exponents of this tradition.

"Bringing together years of immersion into the Akbarian tradition, Mukhtar Ali?s study and translation of Qay?ar??s famous Muqaddima is erudite, poetic, and profound. It clearly demonstrates why this text has historically been seen as one of the most important expositions of the Sufi metaphysical vision of reality, and also hints at why it should be taken seriously today. The Horizons of Being is therefore nothing short of a tour de force in modern scholarship, and is essential reading for all serious mystics, theologians, and philosophers." - Mohammed Rustom, author of Inrushes of the Heart: The Mystical Theology of ?Ayn al-Qu??t
Table of Contents:
Contents



Introduction



Translation and Edition of the Muqaddimat al
-Qay?ar?
(????? ???????)



Author?s Preface ????? ??????



1 On Being, and that it is the Truth ?? ?????? ???? ??????



2 The Divine Names and Attributes ?? ?????? ?????? ?????



3 The Permanent Archetypes and a Comment on the Manifestations of the Names ?? ??????? ??????? ???????? ??? ??????? ?????????



4 Substance and Accident According to God?s folk ?? ?????? ?????? ??? ????? ??? ???????



5 The Universal Worlds and the Five Divine Presences ?? ???? ??????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ????????



6 The Imaginal World ???? ????? ??????? ????????



7 The Degrees of Unveiling and its Main Types ?? ????? ????? ???????? ??????



8 The World is the Form of the Human Reality ?? ?? ?????? ?????? ??????? ?????????



9 The Vicegerency of the Mu?ammadan Reality and that it is the Ultimate Pole ?? ???? ????? ??????? ???????? ?????? ??? ????????



10 The Supreme Spirit, its Degrees and Names in the Human World ?? ???? ????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ?? ?????? ?????????



11 The Spirit?s Return to God with its Manifestations upon the Greater Resurrection ?? ??? ????? ??????? ???? ????? ??? ??????? ??????



12 Prophethood, Messengership and Sainthood ?? ?????? ???????? ????????


Bibliography

Index