William C. Chittick is professor of Persian Languages at Stony Brook University, New York. He is the author and translator of twenty-five books and one hundred articles on Islamic thought, Sufism, Shi'ism, and Persian literature.
INTRODUCTION Ibn `Arabi
s Life Abbreviations Used in the Text 1 THE MUHAMMADAN INHERITANCE Inheritance Opening The Muhammadan Seal Reading the Qur
an Understanding God Knowing Self God
s Wide Earth The Inheritor 2 THE LOVER OF GOD Assuming the Traits of the Names The Divine and Human Form Imperfect Love 3 THE DIVINE ROOTS OF LOVE Wujud The Nonexistent Beloved The Entities The Genesis of Love Love
s Throne Human Love Felicity Poverty Perfection 4 THE COSMOLOGY OF REMEMBRANCE Remembrance Prophecy The Book of the Soul The Breath of the All-Merciful Knowledge of the Names All-Comprehensiveness Achieving the Status of Adam The Perfect Servant The House of God 5 KNOWLEDGE AND REALIZATION Knowledge Benefit The Form of God Reliable Knowledge Following Authority Realization The Ambiguity of Creation Giving Things their Haqq The Rights of God and Man The Soul
s Haqq 6 TIME, SPACE, AND THE OBJECTIVITY OF ETHICAL NORMS The Methodology of Realization Time and Space Location Time Eternity Constant Transformation Ethics Lost in the Cosmos 7 THE IN-BETWEEN Relativity The Worldview of In-Betweenness Cosmic Imagination The Soul The Soul
s Root Controversies The Gods of Belief 8 THE DISCLOSURE OF THE INTERVENING IMAGE Self-Awareness Death Love 9 THE HERMENEUTICS OF MERCY Interpreting the Qur
an Good Opinions of God The Return to the All-Merciful The Mercy of Wujud Mercy
s Precedence Essential Servanthood Primordial Nature Sweet Torment Constitutional Diversity Surrender Resources Index
