Gavin Picken

Spiritual Purification in Islam (eBook, ePUB)

The Life and Works of al-Muhasibi

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Purification of the soul is a principle that is central to understanding Islamic spirituality. This book examines the work of the scholar Al-Muhasibi who lived and worked during the classical Islamic period under the Abbasids, providing a comprehensive overview of his work and its great significance in the development of Islamic spirituality.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136853708
• Artikelnr.: 38273857

Autorenporträt

Gavin Picken is Lecturer in Islamic Studies and Arabic at the University of Edinburgh. His research focuses on the evolution of Islamic intellectual history in the formative period and he has published a number of articles in the areas of Islamic jurisprudence, theology, and Islamic spirituality and mysticism.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Abb
sid Crucible: The Historical Background to al-Muh
sib
's Life 2. Master of the Wayfarers: The Life of al-H
rith al-Muh
sib
3. The Wayfarer's Legacy: The Works of al-H
rith al-Muh
sib
4. Purification of the Soul: The Concept of Tazkiyat al-Nafs in Islam 5. Purification of the Soul in the Formative Period: Al-Muh
sib
's Methodology of Tazkiyat al-Nafs. Conclusion