... (1) Qit, vol. 1, p. 543; cf. 'Iqd, vol. 2, p. 113. (2) Risalah, p. 56; Ithdf, vo... more ... (1) Qit, vol. 1, p. 543; cf. 'Iqd, vol. 2, p. 113. (2) Risalah, p. 56; Ithdf, vol. 9, p. 344. For the same statement ascribed to Muhammad b. Wasi', see'Iqd, vol. 2, p. 112, and see the answer given byMuhammad b. 'Ali in Baydn, vol. 3, p. 106. (3) Baydn, vol. 2, p. 143; vol. ...
... Musta-täb ("On Lawful Livelihood"). This version was published in Cairo in ... more ... Musta-täb ("On Lawful Livelihood"). This version was published in Cairo in 1938. Recently (1980), another version of this book has been published and edited by S. Zakkär, under the nameK. al-Kasb. There are no major diffe ...
Sufi Cosmology (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East), 2022
The mystery of death has been treated in Islam since its formative era.
This chapter, however dea... more The mystery of death has been treated in Islam since its formative era. This chapter, however deals with post Qur’anic treatises that elaborate on the nascent-eschatological ideas presented in the Qur’an. While satisfying natural human curiosity concerning the enigma of death, these treatises convey detailed information about the world of the dead and suggest a continuous existence between the two worlds. In so doing any possible thought about the finality of death is rejected. Each piece of evidence from the afterlife that reaches the present world assures the living of a posthumous survival of human beings and of their full-fledged life after death. The quality of this other life is determined by the actions performed during the first chapter of life. Accordingly, the correlation between the two worlds is very delicate. While building an argument about the futility of the present world and the high value of the next world, the present world is never stripped of independent validity. It rather has a decisive influence on the afterworld. The purpose of life on earth is to enable the believer to accumulate good deeds that, in the hereafter, will intercede on behalf of their performers. Thus, through countless narrations presented in this popular eschatological literature, the theoretical notion of the interaction between the two worlds turns into a tangible and relatable reality. While demonstrating day to day actions, accompanied with descriptions of deep emotions of the dead, the fantastic narrations surveyed in the present chapter not only immerse us into a world of mystery, but also assure the inevitability of actual life in the grave.
Absraction, This article deals with the textual edition of the Kita>b al-Mawt wa Kita>b al-... more Absraction, This article deals with the textual edition of the Kita>b al-Mawt wa Kita>b al-Qubu>r by Ibn Abi> al-Dunya>, one of the great Arab writers of the third century of Hijra. It is not easy to deal with this works, since it is written not on the basis of its manuscript copies which are not available. It is Leah Kinberg of University of Hayfa, Jerusalem, who has made such a great attempt at reconstructing the Kita>b. Given the absence of original manuscript copies, it would be questionable whether the result is reliable. The term “reconstruction” itself is open to a lot of questions. The number of material covered is a case in point. Kinberg’s laborious endeavour to present this edition should be appreciated, since she offers not only a made-product but also an interesting process through which the edition comes to being as it is. This article seeks to appreciate and evaluate to what extent Kinberg’s edition offers important principles in reconstructing and e...
El artículo versa sobre la manera islámica de comprender la muerte a partir del análisis de la na... more El artículo versa sobre la manera islámica de comprender la muerte a partir del análisis de la narración de seis sueños. El Islam clásico concedía especial importancia a los sueños, que desempeñan un papel esencial en el desciframiento del enigma de la muerte y del morir, a partir de narraciones de sueños que tratan de sucesos cotidianos descritos de una manera sencilla, se traslucen cuestiones de la mayor importancia acerca del proceso de la muerte y del más allá. Aunque cada sueño se refiere a un caso individual, el mensaje se dirige a toda la comunidad. Este artículo trata la naturaleza edificante de los mensajes transmitidos por estas narraciones y al mismo tiempo muestra cómo de anécdotas privadas se hace un medio para transmitir el espíritu de la comunidad y establecer o definir al mismo tiempo ese espíritu comunitario.
... To illustrate this meaning he adduces the following example: 1. in law ja&amp... more ... To illustrate this meaning he adduces the following example: 1. in law ja'aka 'ammu Musa musliman ma kunta sani'an bihi "Gesetzt den Fall, der Oheim von Moses kame zum Islam bekehrt zu dir, was wlirdest du dann mit ihm machen?"3 1 This article is an elaboration of a ...
... (1) Qit, vol. 1, p. 543; cf. 'Iqd, vol. 2, p. 113. (2) Risalah, p. 56; Ithdf, vo... more ... (1) Qit, vol. 1, p. 543; cf. 'Iqd, vol. 2, p. 113. (2) Risalah, p. 56; Ithdf, vol. 9, p. 344. For the same statement ascribed to Muhammad b. Wasi', see'Iqd, vol. 2, p. 112, and see the answer given byMuhammad b. 'Ali in Baydn, vol. 3, p. 106. (3) Baydn, vol. 2, p. 143; vol. ...
... Musta-täb ("On Lawful Livelihood"). This version was published in Cairo in ... more ... Musta-täb ("On Lawful Livelihood"). This version was published in Cairo in 1938. Recently (1980), another version of this book has been published and edited by S. Zakkär, under the nameK. al-Kasb. There are no major diffe ...
Sufi Cosmology (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East), 2022
The mystery of death has been treated in Islam since its formative era.
This chapter, however dea... more The mystery of death has been treated in Islam since its formative era. This chapter, however deals with post Qur’anic treatises that elaborate on the nascent-eschatological ideas presented in the Qur’an. While satisfying natural human curiosity concerning the enigma of death, these treatises convey detailed information about the world of the dead and suggest a continuous existence between the two worlds. In so doing any possible thought about the finality of death is rejected. Each piece of evidence from the afterlife that reaches the present world assures the living of a posthumous survival of human beings and of their full-fledged life after death. The quality of this other life is determined by the actions performed during the first chapter of life. Accordingly, the correlation between the two worlds is very delicate. While building an argument about the futility of the present world and the high value of the next world, the present world is never stripped of independent validity. It rather has a decisive influence on the afterworld. The purpose of life on earth is to enable the believer to accumulate good deeds that, in the hereafter, will intercede on behalf of their performers. Thus, through countless narrations presented in this popular eschatological literature, the theoretical notion of the interaction between the two worlds turns into a tangible and relatable reality. While demonstrating day to day actions, accompanied with descriptions of deep emotions of the dead, the fantastic narrations surveyed in the present chapter not only immerse us into a world of mystery, but also assure the inevitability of actual life in the grave.
Absraction, This article deals with the textual edition of the Kita>b al-Mawt wa Kita>b al-... more Absraction, This article deals with the textual edition of the Kita>b al-Mawt wa Kita>b al-Qubu>r by Ibn Abi> al-Dunya>, one of the great Arab writers of the third century of Hijra. It is not easy to deal with this works, since it is written not on the basis of its manuscript copies which are not available. It is Leah Kinberg of University of Hayfa, Jerusalem, who has made such a great attempt at reconstructing the Kita>b. Given the absence of original manuscript copies, it would be questionable whether the result is reliable. The term “reconstruction” itself is open to a lot of questions. The number of material covered is a case in point. Kinberg’s laborious endeavour to present this edition should be appreciated, since she offers not only a made-product but also an interesting process through which the edition comes to being as it is. This article seeks to appreciate and evaluate to what extent Kinberg’s edition offers important principles in reconstructing and e...
El artículo versa sobre la manera islámica de comprender la muerte a partir del análisis de la na... more El artículo versa sobre la manera islámica de comprender la muerte a partir del análisis de la narración de seis sueños. El Islam clásico concedía especial importancia a los sueños, que desempeñan un papel esencial en el desciframiento del enigma de la muerte y del morir, a partir de narraciones de sueños que tratan de sucesos cotidianos descritos de una manera sencilla, se traslucen cuestiones de la mayor importancia acerca del proceso de la muerte y del más allá. Aunque cada sueño se refiere a un caso individual, el mensaje se dirige a toda la comunidad. Este artículo trata la naturaleza edificante de los mensajes transmitidos por estas narraciones y al mismo tiempo muestra cómo de anécdotas privadas se hace un medio para transmitir el espíritu de la comunidad y establecer o definir al mismo tiempo ese espíritu comunitario.
... To illustrate this meaning he adduces the following example: 1. in law ja&amp... more ... To illustrate this meaning he adduces the following example: 1. in law ja'aka 'ammu Musa musliman ma kunta sani'an bihi "Gesetzt den Fall, der Oheim von Moses kame zum Islam bekehrt zu dir, was wlirdest du dann mit ihm machen?"3 1 This article is an elaboration of a ...
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This chapter, however deals with post Qur’anic treatises that elaborate
on the nascent-eschatological ideas presented in the Qur’an. While
satisfying natural human curiosity concerning the enigma of death,
these treatises convey detailed information about the world of the
dead and suggest a continuous existence between the two worlds. In
so doing any possible thought about the finality of death is rejected.
Each piece of evidence from the afterlife that reaches the present
world assures the living of a posthumous survival of human beings
and of their full-fledged life after death. The quality of this other life
is determined by the actions performed during the first chapter of life.
Accordingly, the correlation between the two worlds is very delicate.
While building an argument about the futility of the present world and
the high value of the next world, the present world is never stripped of
independent validity. It rather has a decisive influence on the
afterworld. The purpose of life on earth is to enable the believer to
accumulate good deeds that, in the hereafter, will intercede on behalf
of their performers. Thus, through countless narrations presented in
this popular eschatological literature, the theoretical notion of the
interaction between the two worlds turns into a tangible and relatable
reality. While demonstrating day to day actions, accompanied with
descriptions of deep emotions of the dead, the fantastic narrations
surveyed in the present chapter not only immerse us into a world of
mystery, but also assure the inevitability of actual life in the grave.
This chapter, however deals with post Qur’anic treatises that elaborate
on the nascent-eschatological ideas presented in the Qur’an. While
satisfying natural human curiosity concerning the enigma of death,
these treatises convey detailed information about the world of the
dead and suggest a continuous existence between the two worlds. In
so doing any possible thought about the finality of death is rejected.
Each piece of evidence from the afterlife that reaches the present
world assures the living of a posthumous survival of human beings
and of their full-fledged life after death. The quality of this other life
is determined by the actions performed during the first chapter of life.
Accordingly, the correlation between the two worlds is very delicate.
While building an argument about the futility of the present world and
the high value of the next world, the present world is never stripped of
independent validity. It rather has a decisive influence on the
afterworld. The purpose of life on earth is to enable the believer to
accumulate good deeds that, in the hereafter, will intercede on behalf
of their performers. Thus, through countless narrations presented in
this popular eschatological literature, the theoretical notion of the
interaction between the two worlds turns into a tangible and relatable
reality. While demonstrating day to day actions, accompanied with
descriptions of deep emotions of the dead, the fantastic narrations
surveyed in the present chapter not only immerse us into a world of
mystery, but also assure the inevitability of actual life in the grave.