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Intellectual Life in the ḤijÄz before Wahhabism
IbrÄhÄ«m al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs (d. 1101/1690) Theology of Sufism
Series: - Islamicate Intellectual History, Volume: 9
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In Intellectual Life in the ḤijÄz before Wahhabism, Naser Dumairieh argues that, as a result of changing global conditions facilitating the movement of scholars and texts, the seventeenth-century ḤijÄz was one of the most important intellectual centers of the Islamic world, acting as a hub between its different parts.
Positioning IbrÄhÄ«m al-KÅ«rÄnÄ« (d. 1101/1690) as representative of the intellectual activities of the pre-Wahhabism ḤijÄz, Dumairieh argues that his coherent philosophical system represents a synthesis of several major post-classical traditions of Islamic thought, namely kalÄm and Akbarian appropriations of Avicennian metaphysics. Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs work is the culmination of the philosophized Akbarian tradition; with his reconciliation of Ibn Ê¿ArabÄ«âs ideas with AshÊ¿arÄ« theology, Ibn Ê¿ArabÄ«âs ideas became Islamic theology.
Positioning IbrÄhÄ«m al-KÅ«rÄnÄ« (d. 1101/1690) as representative of the intellectual activities of the pre-Wahhabism ḤijÄz, Dumairieh argues that his coherent philosophical system represents a synthesis of several major post-classical traditions of Islamic thought, namely kalÄm and Akbarian appropriations of Avicennian metaphysics. Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs work is the culmination of the philosophized Akbarian tradition; with his reconciliation of Ibn Ê¿ArabÄ«âs ideas with AshÊ¿arÄ« theology, Ibn Ê¿ArabÄ«âs ideas became Islamic theology.
Naser Dumairieh, Ph.D. (2018), McGill University, is a researcher in post-classical Islamic philosophy and the relationship between Sufism and theology. He has published critical editions and articles related to the intellectual history of the pre-Wahhabism ḤijÄz, including a critical edition of al-BarzanjÄ«âs al-JÄdhib al-ghaybÄ«, and another book entitled Sufism in the ḤijÄz before Wahhabism is in progress.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: When All Roads Led to the ḤijÄz
1 The Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz in Its Global and Local Context
â1âThe Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz in its Global Context
â2âThe Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz in its Local Context
â3âConclusion
2 Intellectual Life in the ḤijÄz in the Seventeenth Century
â1âEducational Institutions in the ḤijÄz in the Seventeenth Century
â2âRational Sciences in the ḤijÄz
â3âIsnÄd as a Source for Intellectual Life in the Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz
â4âHow the Rational Sciences Reached the ḤijÄz
â5âConclusion
3 IbrÄhÄ«m al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Life, Education, Teachers, and Students
â1âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Life
â2âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Education
â3âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Teachers
â4âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Contacts with Other Scholars of His Time
â5âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Students
â6âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Affiliation to Sufi Orders
â7âConclusion
4 Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works
â1âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works (Examined)
â2âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works (Inaccessible)
â3âWorks Misattributed to al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«
â4âConclusion
5 Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Metaphysical and Cosmological Thought
â1âGod is Absolute Existence (al-wujÅ«d al-muá¹laq or al-wujÅ«d al-maḥá¸)
â2âGodâs Attributes and Allegorical Interpretation (taʾwÄ«l)
â3âGodâs Manifestations in Sensible and Conceivable Forms
â4âNafs al-amr in al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Thought
â5âAshÊ¿arites and Mental Existence
â6âRealities: Uncreated Nonexistent Quiddities
â7âGodâs Knowledge of Particulars
â8âCreation
â9âUnity and Multiplicity
â10âDestiny and Predetermination
â11âKasb: Free Will and Predestination
â12âThe Unity of the Attributes (waḥdat al-á¹£ifÄt)
â13âWaḥdat al-WujÅ«d
â14âConclusion
6 Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Other Theological and Sufi Thought
â1âThe Faith of Pharaoh
â2âThe Precedence of Godâs Mercy and the Vanishing of the Hellfire (fanÄʾ al-nÄr)
â3âSatanic Verses
â4âPreference for the Reality of the KaÊ¿ba or for the Muḥammadan Reality
â5âGodâs Speech (kalÄm AllÄh)
â6âConclusion
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Teachers, Additional to Those Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 2: Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Students, Additional to Those Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 3: Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works Ordered Alphabetically
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: When All Roads Led to the ḤijÄz
1 The Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz in Its Global and Local Context
â1âThe Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz in its Global Context
â2âThe Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz in its Local Context
â3âConclusion
2 Intellectual Life in the ḤijÄz in the Seventeenth Century
â1âEducational Institutions in the ḤijÄz in the Seventeenth Century
â2âRational Sciences in the ḤijÄz
â3âIsnÄd as a Source for Intellectual Life in the Seventeenth-Century ḤijÄz
â4âHow the Rational Sciences Reached the ḤijÄz
â5âConclusion
3 IbrÄhÄ«m al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Life, Education, Teachers, and Students
â1âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Life
â2âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Education
â3âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Teachers
â4âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Contacts with Other Scholars of His Time
â5âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Students
â6âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Affiliation to Sufi Orders
â7âConclusion
4 Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works
â1âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works (Examined)
â2âAl-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works (Inaccessible)
â3âWorks Misattributed to al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«
â4âConclusion
5 Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Metaphysical and Cosmological Thought
â1âGod is Absolute Existence (al-wujÅ«d al-muá¹laq or al-wujÅ«d al-maḥá¸)
â2âGodâs Attributes and Allegorical Interpretation (taʾwÄ«l)
â3âGodâs Manifestations in Sensible and Conceivable Forms
â4âNafs al-amr in al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Thought
â5âAshÊ¿arites and Mental Existence
â6âRealities: Uncreated Nonexistent Quiddities
â7âGodâs Knowledge of Particulars
â8âCreation
â9âUnity and Multiplicity
â10âDestiny and Predetermination
â11âKasb: Free Will and Predestination
â12âThe Unity of the Attributes (waḥdat al-á¹£ifÄt)
â13âWaḥdat al-WujÅ«d
â14âConclusion
6 Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Other Theological and Sufi Thought
â1âThe Faith of Pharaoh
â2âThe Precedence of Godâs Mercy and the Vanishing of the Hellfire (fanÄʾ al-nÄr)
â3âSatanic Verses
â4âPreference for the Reality of the KaÊ¿ba or for the Muḥammadan Reality
â5âGodâs Speech (kalÄm AllÄh)
â6âConclusion
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Teachers, Additional to Those Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 2: Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Students, Additional to Those Mentioned in the Text
Appendix 3: Al-KÅ«rÄnÄ«âs Works Ordered Alphabetically
Bibliography
Index
All interested in post-classical Islamic thought, the relationship of Islamic theology and Sufism, Ibn Ê¿ArabÄ«, the study of the Wahhabi movement, and the history of the ḤijÄz and the Ottoman era.