The Horizons of Being (The Metaphysics of Ibn al-Ê¿ArabÄ« in the <i>Muqaddimat al-Qayá1£arÄ«</i>) ||

The Horizons of Being explores the teachings of Ibn al-ʿArabī by examining Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī’s (d. 751/1350) Prolegomena to his commentary on the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam, popularly known as the Muqaddimat al-Qayṣarī. A masterpiece of Sufism, the Muqaddima is both a distillation of the Fuṣūṣ and a summary of Ibn al-ʿArabī’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. La 4e de couverture indique : "The Horizons of Being explores the teachings of Ibn al-'Arabī by examining Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī's (d. 1350) Prolegomena (muqaddima) to his commentary, Maṭla' khuṣūṣ al-kilam fī ma'ānī Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam (A Preamble of Select Discourse on the Meanings of the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam), referred to simply as Muqaddimat al-Qayṣarī. While his commentary represents the third in a direct line going back to Ibn al-'Arabī through Kāshānī, Jandī and Qūnawī, it remains one of the most popular due to its thorough and accessible treatment of the Fuṣūṣ that frequently synthesizes the ideas of his predecessors. The Muqaddima stands on its own as an independent work and has been the subject of careful study. If the al-Futūḥāt al-makkiyya contains the entirety of Ibn al-'Arabī's metaphysics which is distilled in the Fuṣūṣ, then Qayṣarī's Muqaddima can be read not just as a precis of the Fuṣūṣ but a summary of Ibn al-'Arabī's doctrine" "The Horizons of Being explores the teachings of Ibn al-'Arabī by examining Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī's (d. 1350) Prolegomena (muqaddima) to his commentary, Maṭla' khuṣūṣ al-kilam fī ma'ānī Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam (A Preamble of Select Discourse on the Meanings of the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam), referred to simply as Muqaddimat al-Qayṣarī. While his commentary represents the third in a direct line going back to Ibn al-'Arabī through Kāshānī, Jandī and Qūnawī, it remains one of the most popular due to its thorough and accessible treatment of the Fuṣūṣ that frequently synthesizes the ideas of his predecessors. The Muqaddima stands on its own as an independent work and has been the subject of careful study. If the al-Futūḥāt al-makkiyya contains the entirety of Ibn al-'Arabī's metaphysics which is distilled in the Fuṣūṣ, then Qayṣarī's Muqaddima can be read not just as a precis of the Fuṣūṣ but a summary of Ibn al-'Arabī's doctrine"-- Provided by publisher The Horizons Of Being Is A Parallel English-arabic Translation And Commentary Of Dawūd Al-qayṣarī's (d. 1350) Prolegomena To His Commentary On Ibn Al-ʿarabī's Fuṣūṣ Al-ḥikam. The Horizons of Being is a parallel English-Arabic translation and commentary of Dawd al-Qayar's (d. 1350) Prolegomena to his commentary on Ibn al-Arab's Fu al-ikam .