Reason and inspiration in Islam : theology, philosophy and mysticism in Muslim thought : essays in honour of Hermann Landolt

In all the current alienating discourse on Islam as a source of extremism and fanatic violence this new publication takes a timely and refreshing look at the traditions of Islamic mysticism, philosophy and intellectual debate in a series of diverse and stimulating approaches. It tackles the major figures of Islamic thought as well as shedding light on hitherto unconsidered aspects of Islam utilizing new source material. The contributors are impressive list of scholars and experts. This Publication Not Only Reflects The Scholarly Interests Of Hermann Landolt In Philosophy, Sufism And Shi'ism, But Also Takes A Look At The Islamic Traditions Of Mysticism, Philosophy, Theology, Historiography, And Intellectual Debate Generally From Earliest Times To The Twentieth Century, In A Series Of Diverse And Stimulating Approaches. As Such, They Are A Corrective To The Current Alienating Discourse On Islam Which Portrays It As A Source Of Extremism And Fanatical Violence. A True Warrior Here Is One Whose Struggle Is For A More Perfect Understanding And Experience Of The World As The Creation Of A Just And Merciful God.--book Jacket. The 'five Limbs' Of The Soul : A Manichaean Motif In Muslim Garb? / Karim Douglas Crow -- Narrative Themes And Devices In Al-wāqidī's Kitāb Al-maghāzī / Donald P. Little -- The Rise And Decline Of Taqiyya In Twelver Shiʻism / L. Clarke -- Walāya According To Al-junayd (d.298/910) -- Ahmet T. Karamustafa -- L'importance Du Traité De L'harmonie D'al-fārābī : Ses Visées Politiques / Gabienne Pironet -- Philosophy Of Religion In Al-fārābī , Ibn Sīnā And Ibn Ṭufayl / Paul E. Walker -- Revisiting Religious Shiʻism And Early Sufism : The Fourth/tenth-century Dialogue Of 'the Sage And The Young Disciple' / James Winston Morris -- Al-qāḍī Al-nuʻmān And The Concept Of Bāṭin / Bulbul Shah -- The Concept Of Knowledge According To Al-kirmānī (d. After 411/1021) / Faquīr Muḥammad Hunzai -- An Early Ismaili View Of Other Religions : A Chapter From The Kitāb Al-iṣlāḥ By Abū Ḥātim Al-rāzī (d. Ca. 322/934) / Shin Nomoto --^ An Ismaili Interpretation Of Ibn Sīnā's Qaṣīdat Al-nafs / Wilferd Madelung -- Āyat Al-nūr : A Metaphor For Where We Come From, What We Are And Where We Are Going / Soraya Mahdi Hajjaji-jarrah -- Reading Al-ghazālī : The Case Of Psychology / Peter Heath -- Stories Of Aḥmad Al-ghazālī 'playing The Witness' In Tabrīz (shams-i Tabrīzī's Interest In Shāhid-bāzi) / Nasrollah Pourjavady -- Reason ('aql) And Direct Intuition (mushāhada) In The Works Of Shihāb Al-dīn Al-suhrawardī (d.587/1191) / Roxanne D. Marcotte -- Al-suhrawardī On Body As Extension : An Alternative To Hylomorphism From Plato To Leibniz / John Walbridge -- Miʻrāj Al-kalima : De La Risāla Qushayriyya Aux Futūḥāt Makkiyya / Michel Chodkiewicz -- Al-shahrastānī's Contribution To Medieval Islamic Thought / Diana Steigerwald -- The Pertinence Of Islamic Cosmology : Reflections On The Philosophy Of Afḍal Al-dīn Kāshānī / William C. Chittick --^ The Sciences Of Intuition And The Riches Of Inspiration : Nahm Al-dīn Kubrā And Raḍī Al-dīn ʻalī Lālā From A Thirteenth-century Source : Notes On A Manuscript In The Raza Library, Rampur / Devin Deweese -- Ibn Sīnā And Meister Eckhart On Being / Etin Anwar -- La Vision De Dieu Dans L'onirocritique Musulmane Médiévale / Pierre Lory -- The Spiritual Journey In Kubrawī Sufism / Leonard Lewisohn -- Notes On The Transmission Of Mystical Philosophy : Ibn ʻarabī According To ʻabd Al-wahhāb Al-shaʻrānī / Richard J.a. Mcgregor -- Shāh Ṭāhir And Nizārī Ismaili Disguises / Farhad Daftary -- Some Notes On Shaykh Aḥmad Sirhindī And The Problem Of The Mystical Significance Of Paradise / Abdollah Vakily -- The Naqshbandī Mujaddidī Sufi Order's Ascendancy In Central Asia Through The Eyes Of Its Masters And Disciples (1010s-1200s/1600s-1800s) / Sajida S. Alvi --^ 'le Combattant Du Taʼwil'. Un Poème De Millā Ṣadrā Sur ʻalī (aspects De L'imamologie Duodécimane Ix) / Mohammad Ali Amir-moezzi -- Fayḍ Al-kāshānī's Walaya : The Confluence Of Shiʻi Imamology And Mysticism / Shigeru Kamada -- The Faith Of Pharaoh : A Disputed Question In Islamic Theology / Eric Ormsby -- The Eight Rules Of Junayd : A General Overview Of The Genesis And Development Of Islamic Dervish Orders / Bernd Radtke -- Symphony Of Gnosis : A Self-definition Of The Ismaili Ginān Tradition / Shafique N. Virani -- The Attitude Of The ʻulamāʼ Towards The Government In Nineteenth-century Iran / Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi -- Traditional Philosophy In Iran With Reference To Modern Trends / Mehdi Mohaghegh -- Traces Of Modernisation And Westernisation? Some Comparative Considerations Concerning Late Bukhāran Chronicles / Bert G. Fragner. Edited By Todd Lawson. Includes Bibliographical References. The Realm of St Stephen is a comprehensive history and major contribution to the historiography of medieval Eastern and Central Europe. Pal Engel traces the establishment of the medieval kingdom of Hungary from its conquest by the Magyar tribes in 895 until defeat by the Ottomans at the Battle of Mohacs in 1526. He shows the political, military, economic, social and cultural development of the dominant Magyars who had inherited an almost empty land and who absorbed the remaining Slavic peoples into their culture after the original peoples - Romans, Huns, Germans and Avars - had largely disappeared. The ‘national'Magyar kings of the Arpadian dynasty were succeeded by Angevin, Luxemburgan, Hunyadi and Jagellion dynasties and the later period saw radical changes in political and social structures and institutions - reflected in abundant state documents showing Hungary's growing administrative and legal sophistication following the Arpadian period. Pal Engel presents an accessible and highly readable history of this important region and Andrew Ayton's editing of the translation of Pal Engel's seminal text will help to bring it to a wider British, European and North American readership. Manichaean dualism received much attention from Muslim thinkers in the first three centuries of Islam, and appears to have been one of the catalysts for the elaboration of theological teachings defending Islamic monotheism.