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Ibn al-Ê¿ArabÄ«âs KitÄb Fuṣūṣ al-Ḥikam wa-Khuṣūṣ al-Kalim
Edition Based on the Earliest Extant Manuscript
Series: - Islamic Sources / Maá¹£Ädir IslÄmiyya, Volume: 1
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Although the exemplar of the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam has mysteriously disappeared shortly after its composition, the earliest copy in al-QÅ«nawÄ«âs hand has survived. Having been collated with the orginal, read in front of Ibn al-Ê¿ArabÄ«, and signed by him, it stands as the vetustissimus and optimus. This edition is established on its reading and is checked against Ê¿AfÄ«fÄ«âs classic. Besides a fully vocalized text, it provides an appended facsimile of the manuscript.
The introductory section is the first comprehensive study that tracks the whole story of the manuscript and attempts to identify possible scattered traces of the lost original. It reviews attitudes towards the text, as well as a century of scholarly research on it, and illustrates key concepts of the Masterâs doctrine to help contextualize the book contents.
The introductory section is the first comprehensive study that tracks the whole story of the manuscript and attempts to identify possible scattered traces of the lost original. It reviews attitudes towards the text, as well as a century of scholarly research on it, and illustrates key concepts of the Masterâs doctrine to help contextualize the book contents.
Marco Aurelio Golfetto (Ph.D., University of Venice) is a researcher at the University of Milan. He teaches Arabic language and culture. He has published on Language Teaching and Sufism, including the Italian translation of al-GhazÄlÄ«âs K. al-MurÄqaba wa-l-muḥÄsaba.
âCâest dire lâimportance de disposer dâune édition critique rigoureuse et fiable et câest précisément ce que nous devons à Marco Aurelio Golfetto, lâauteur de ce monumental travail.â
â...[un] travail remarquable qui, à nâen pas douter, fera date dans le champ des études akbariennes.â
Claude Addas in Quaderni di Studi Arabi 20 (2025), 295-296.
â...[un] travail remarquable qui, à nâen pas douter, fera date dans le champ des études akbariennes.â
Claude Addas in Quaderni di Studi Arabi 20 (2025), 295-296.
Acknowledgements
1 Ibn al-ʿArabī and the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
â1âIbn al-Ê¿ArabÄ« and His Spiritual Legacy
â2âBooks with a Special Status
â3âA Century of Research on the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
â4âKey Concepts in the Thought of Ibn al-Ê¿ArabÄ«
2 The Reception of Ibn al-Ê¿ArabÄ«âs Work
â1âThe Reception and the Rise of Polemics
â2âAttitudes toward the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
â3âInterpolation of the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam according to al-ShaÊ¿rÄnÄ«
â4âAl-GhurÄb and the Last Challenge to the Textâs Authenticity
â5âThe Academic Counterargument and the Codicological Turning Point
3 The Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam: Story of a Manuscript
â1âThe Making of the Copy
â2âAl-QÅ«nawÄ«âs Endowment and the Fate of the Manuscript
â3âMissing Root: the Lost Original
4 The Present Edition
â1âDescription of the Manuscript
â2âPrinciples of the Edition
âAddendum
Critical Edition
Bibliography
Index of Names, Places and Works
Index of Quranic Verses
Introduction
1 Ibn al-ʿArabī and the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
â1âIbn al-Ê¿ArabÄ« and His Spiritual Legacy
â2âBooks with a Special Status
â3âA Century of Research on the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
â4âKey Concepts in the Thought of Ibn al-Ê¿ArabÄ«
2 The Reception of Ibn al-Ê¿ArabÄ«âs Work
â1âThe Reception and the Rise of Polemics
â2âAttitudes toward the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam
â3âInterpolation of the Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam according to al-ShaÊ¿rÄnÄ«
â4âAl-GhurÄb and the Last Challenge to the Textâs Authenticity
â5âThe Academic Counterargument and the Codicological Turning Point
3 The Fuṣūṣ al-ḥikam: Story of a Manuscript
â1âThe Making of the Copy
â2âAl-QÅ«nawÄ«âs Endowment and the Fate of the Manuscript
â3âMissing Root: the Lost Original
4 The Present Edition
â1âDescription of the Manuscript
â2âPrinciples of the Edition
âAddendum
Critical Edition
Bibliography
Index of Names, Places and Works
Index of Quranic Verses
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