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Ranks of the Divine Seekers
A Parallel English-Arabic Text. Volume 1
Series: - Ranks of the Divine Seekers, Volume: 14.1
- Islamic Translation Series, Volume: 14.1
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Winner of the 2021 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (category: translation from Arabic into English)
This is an unabridged, annotated, translation of the great Damascene savant and saint Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyaâs (d. 751/1350) MadÄrij al-SÄlikÄ«n. Conceived as a critical commentary on an earlier Sufi classic by the great Hanbalite scholar AbÅ« IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l of Herat, MadÄrij aims to rejuvenate Sufismâs Qurʾanic foundations. The original work was a key text for the Sufi initiates, composed in terse, rhyming prose as a masterâs instruction to the aspiring seeker on the path to God, in a journey of a hundred stations whose ultimate purpose was to be lost to oneâs self (fanÄʾ) and subsist (baqÄʾ) in God. The translator, Ovamir (Ê¿Uwaymir) Anjum, provides an extensive introduction and annotation to this English-Arabic face-to-face presentation of this masterpiece of Islamic psychology.
This is an unabridged, annotated, translation of the great Damascene savant and saint Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyaâs (d. 751/1350) MadÄrij al-SÄlikÄ«n. Conceived as a critical commentary on an earlier Sufi classic by the great Hanbalite scholar AbÅ« IsmÄÊ¿Ä«l of Herat, MadÄrij aims to rejuvenate Sufismâs Qurʾanic foundations. The original work was a key text for the Sufi initiates, composed in terse, rhyming prose as a masterâs instruction to the aspiring seeker on the path to God, in a journey of a hundred stations whose ultimate purpose was to be lost to oneâs self (fanÄʾ) and subsist (baqÄʾ) in God. The translator, Ovamir (Ê¿Uwaymir) Anjum, provides an extensive introduction and annotation to this English-Arabic face-to-face presentation of this masterpiece of Islamic psychology.
Ovamir Anjum, Ph.D. (2008), University of Wisconsin-Madison, is Professor and Imam Khattab Endowed Chair of Islamic Studies at the University of Toledo. His publications include numerous articles and a monograph Politics, Law, and Community in Islamic Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2012).
Winner of the 2021 Sheikh Hamad Award for Translation and International Understanding (category: translation from Arabic into English)
Acknowledgements
Translation Notes
Translatorâs Introduction
â1âMadÄrij and Its Author
â2âThe Formation of Sufism
â3âSufism and Antinomianism
â4âSufism and Mysticism
â5âDefining Sufism
â6âAl-HarawÄ« and ManÄzil
â7âMadÄrijâs Reverential Critique of ManÄzil
â8âThe Problem of Ontology: Annihilation (fanÄʾ)
â9âCausality and Ethics
â10âThe Problem of Epistemology
â11âAn Egalitarian and Accessible Path
â12âConclusion
Selected Bibliography
Prolegomenon
â1âMerits of the First Chapter of the Qurʾan, The Opening
â2âThe Opening Affirms All the Three Types of Divine Unicity
â3âThe Five Pivotal Names of God Affirm His Attributes
â4âTen Levels of Divine Guidance
â5âThe Opening Heals Hearts as well as Bodies
â6âRefutation of Heresies
â7âExegesis of âYou we worship and You we supplicate for helpâ
1 The Stations of the Journey
â1âThe Station of Awakening
â2âThe Station of Insight
â3âThe Station of Purpose
â4âThe Station of Resolve
â5âInterlude: On the Ordering of the Stations
2 The Station of Reflection
â1âInterlude: The Station of Annihilation
â2âThree Types of Annihilation
â3âThe Causes of Experiential Annihilation
â4âThe Essence of Experiential Annihilation
â5âThe Dangers on the Path of Annihilation: Antinomianism
â6âVolitional Annihilation: The True Goal of the Righteous
3 The Station of Self-Reckoning
â1âThe First Pillar
â2âThe Second Pillar
â3âThe Third Pillar
4 The Station of Repentance
â1âRepentance and The Opening
â2âThe Conditions and Realities of Repentance
â3âLegitimate and Illegitimate Excuses for Sins
â4âThe Inner Realities of Repentance
â5âThe Finer Points of the Inner Realities of Repentance
â8âInterlude: Affirmation of the Ethical Value of Acts and Causality
â9âLevels of Repentance: The Commoners
â10âSome Rulings Concerning Repentance
â11âThe Full Meaning of Repentance
â12âSins: The Object of Repentance
â13âTwelve Kinds of Sins in the Qurʾan
â14âPerspectives on the Nature of Sin and Repentance
Index
Translation Notes
Translatorâs Introduction
â1âMadÄrij and Its Author
â2âThe Formation of Sufism
â3âSufism and Antinomianism
â4âSufism and Mysticism
â5âDefining Sufism
â6âAl-HarawÄ« and ManÄzil
â7âMadÄrijâs Reverential Critique of ManÄzil
â8âThe Problem of Ontology: Annihilation (fanÄʾ)
â9âCausality and Ethics
â10âThe Problem of Epistemology
â11âAn Egalitarian and Accessible Path
â12âConclusion
Selected Bibliography
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, MadÄrij al-SÄlikÄ«n: Text and Translation
Prolegomenon
â1âMerits of the First Chapter of the Qurʾan, The Opening
â2âThe Opening Affirms All the Three Types of Divine Unicity
â3âThe Five Pivotal Names of God Affirm His Attributes
â4âTen Levels of Divine Guidance
â5âThe Opening Heals Hearts as well as Bodies
â6âRefutation of Heresies
â7âExegesis of âYou we worship and You we supplicate for helpâ
1 The Stations of the Journey
â1âThe Station of Awakening
â2âThe Station of Insight
â3âThe Station of Purpose
â4âThe Station of Resolve
â5âInterlude: On the Ordering of the Stations
2 The Station of Reflection
â1âInterlude: The Station of Annihilation
â2âThree Types of Annihilation
â3âThe Causes of Experiential Annihilation
â4âThe Essence of Experiential Annihilation
â5âThe Dangers on the Path of Annihilation: Antinomianism
â6âVolitional Annihilation: The True Goal of the Righteous
3 The Station of Self-Reckoning
â1âThe First Pillar
â2âThe Second Pillar
â3âThe Third Pillar
4 The Station of Repentance
â1âRepentance and The Opening
â2âThe Conditions and Realities of Repentance
â3âLegitimate and Illegitimate Excuses for Sins
â4âThe Inner Realities of Repentance
â5âThe Finer Points of the Inner Realities of Repentance
â8âInterlude: Affirmation of the Ethical Value of Acts and Causality
â9âLevels of Repentance: The Commoners
â10âSome Rulings Concerning Repentance
â11âThe Full Meaning of Repentance
â12âSins: The Object of Repentance
â13âTwelve Kinds of Sins in the Qurʾan
â14âPerspectives on the Nature of Sin and Repentance
Index
All interested in Islamic piety, Sufism, mysticism, and Qurâanic exegesis, and in the Islamic scripturalistsâ critical appreciation of the Sufi tradition; academic specialists, students, as well as practitioners and educated lay persons.