The Mystics of al-Andalus
Ibn Barraj?n and Islamic Thought in the Twelfth Century
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About this book
The twelfth century CE was a watershed moment for mysticism in the Muslim West. In al-Andalus, the pioneers of this mystical tradition, the Mu'tabirun or 'Contemplators', championed a synthesis between Muslim scriptural sources and Neoplatonic cosmology. Ibn Barraj?n of Seville was most responsible for shaping this new intellectual approach, and is the focus of Yousef Casewit's book. Ibn Barraj?n's extensive commentaries on the divine names and the Qur'?n stress the significance of God's signs in nature, the Arabic bible as a means of interpreting the Qur'?n, and the mystical crossing from the visible to the unseen. With an examination of the understudied writings of both Ibn Barraj?n and his contemporaries, Ibn al-'Arif and Ibn Qasi, as well as the wider socio-political and scholarly context in al-Andalus, this book will appeal to researchers of the medieval Islamic world and the history of mysticism and Sufism in the Muslim West.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on the Text
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 The Beginnings of a Mystical Discourse in al-Andalus: Ibn Masarra, Mālikism, and the Politics of an Epistemological Debate
- 2 The Rise of the Andalusī Muʿtabirūn: The Influence of Ghazālī, Markers of the Muʿtabirūn Tradition, and the Onset of Institu ional Sufism
- 3 The Life of a Contemplative: Ibn Barrajān’s Educational Formation, Spiritual Practices, Political Views, and Decease
- 4 The Works of Ibn Barrajān: Chronological Sequence, Manuscript Tradition, Central Themes
- 5 The Divine Descent: Bridging the Chasm between God and Creation
- 6 The Hermeneutics of Certainty: Harmony, Hierarchy, and Hegemony of the Qurʾān
- 7 A Muslim Scholar of the Bible: Biblical Proof-Texts for Qurʾānic Teachings in the Exegetical Works of Ibn Barrajān
- 8 The Human Ascent: Iʿtibār, Cycles of Time, and Future Predictions
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index of Names
- Index of Terms