Beyond Death: The Mystical Teachings of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt al-HamadhānīBRILL, 2010 M04 27 - 256 pages The twelfth-century Iranian mystic ‘Ayn al-Quḍāt al-Hamadhānī (d. 1131) wrote vividly of his explorations of death as a state of consciousness which he experienced while alive. This state and his visions of Doomsday and the innumerable non-corporeal worlds that lie past the world of matter confront him with paradoxical realities that upset the notional understanding of faith. The present book concerns itself with a discussion on the subject of death as it is viewed by one of the defining mystic scholars of medieval Iran. Based on medieval manuscripts and primary sources in classical Persian and Arabic, this book explores the significance of this important Iranian mystic and his insights on the nature of reality in light of death. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Chapter OneAyn alQudäts Life Heritage and Heresy | 9 |
Chapter TwoLonging for the Homeland | 46 |
Chapter ThreeDeath and Visions of the Unseen | 75 |
Chapter FourAppearance and Reality | 133 |
Chapter Fivese Legacy of Ayn alQuThït | 163 |
Chapter SixSama | 191 |
Conclusion | 211 |
Appendix | 223 |
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Abd el-Jalil Abū Abu Sa'id Ahmad Ghazzali al-Bīrūnī allāj Amad Ghazzālī annihilation Arabic Avicenna Ayn al-Qudat ayy ibn Yaqān Aziz al-Din Baghdād Bakk beauty beloved body Carl Ernst chapter Chishtī commentary consciousness context creation dhikr disciple discussion divine Doomsday edited execution exile experience faith fanāʾ ghayb Ghazzali Gīsūdarāz gnosis God’s attributes Hamadhān heart heaven Henry Corbin homeland Ibid identifies Imad al-Din imām inner sight journey knowledge Kubrā letter light of Muammad Louis Massignon lover Mahmud Maktūbāt manifest manuscript Mawdūd means medieval metaphor Muammad Munzavi Muslim mysteries mystical death one’s path perceives Persian Plato prayer Qurʾān Rāzī reality realm Recital refers relationship Sa'id Saljuq samāʿ Satan scholars Shakwā al-Gharīb Shar-i Shaykh soul spiritual stage Sufi Sufism Suhrawardī Tamhīdāt teacher teachings Tehran translated treatise truth Umm al-aāʾif understanding verse visionary visions vizir wayfarer writing Zubdat al-aqāʾiq ʿAlī ʿAyn al-Quāt describes ʿAyn al-Quāt explains ʿUsayrān