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The Comfort of the Mystics
A Manual and Anthology of Early Sufism
Series: - Islamic History and Civilization, Volume: 98
Author:
This critical Arabic text edition of Salwat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n wa-uns al-mushtÄqÄ«n, a manual of early Sufism by AbÅ« Khalaf al-ṬabarÄ« (d. ca. 470/1077), is based on a very old manuscript preserved in DÄr al-Kutub al-Miá¹£rÄ«ya of Cairo, Egypt and copied in 459/1067. It is introduced by a detailed analytical study of the author and his work. Salwat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n forms an integral part of Sufi literature and reflects Islamic developments in Nishapur in northeastern Iran. This crucial Arabic text, published for the first time, is especially valuable because of its great philological accuracy and sound textual tradition. It represents an essential source for the intellectual history of Islam during the middle of the 4th/10th to the middle of the 5th/11th century.
Gerhard Böwering, Ph.D. (1975), McGill University, is Professor of Islamic Studies at Yale University.
Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut.
Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut.
"â¦a finely produced collaborative work of painstaking scholarship and meticulous detail by two leading figures in the field.It sets the bar high for future scholars intending to publish critical editions of medieval Arabic texts." - Atif Khalil, in: The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 31.3 (2014)
"...the present edition provides presentday scholars with another invaluable window into the historical formation of the Sufi tradition and will be a required point of reference for future studies in the field." - Martin Nguyen, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 136, No. 3 (July-September 2016)
"...the present edition provides presentday scholars with another invaluable window into the historical formation of the Sufi tradition and will be a required point of reference for future studies in the field." - Martin Nguyen, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 136, No. 3 (July-September 2016)
I. Introduction: The Author and His Work
a. The Sources for AbÅ« Khalaf al-ṬabarÄ«âs Life and His Work
b. AbÅ« Khalaf al-ṬabarÄ«âs Life and Scholarly Career
c. The Manuscript of Salwat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n wa-uns al-mushtÄqÄ«n
d. The Place of Salwat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n in Sufi Literature
e. Technical Observations about the Arabic Text Edition
f. Illustrations
II. Arabic Edition
III. Indexes
A. QurʾÄn Citations
B. Names
C. Places
D. Poetry
E. Sources
F. Chapter Titles
a. The Sources for AbÅ« Khalaf al-ṬabarÄ«âs Life and His Work
b. AbÅ« Khalaf al-ṬabarÄ«âs Life and Scholarly Career
c. The Manuscript of Salwat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n wa-uns al-mushtÄqÄ«n
d. The Place of Salwat al-Ê¿ÄrifÄ«n in Sufi Literature
e. Technical Observations about the Arabic Text Edition
f. Illustrations
II. Arabic Edition
III. Indexes
A. QurʾÄn Citations
B. Names
C. Places
D. Poetry
E. Sources
F. Chapter Titles
All those interested in Sufism (Islamic Mysticism), Islamic Studies, Mysticism in general and Arabists.