IBN 'ARABI IN THE LATER ISLAMIC TRADITION The Making of a Polemical Image in Medieval Islam Alexander D. Knysh Contents List of Tables Preface Abbreviations A Note on Transliteration and Dates Introduction 1. Defining The Approach Ibn 'Arabi in Recent Western Scholarship 2. The Biographical Prelude Ibn 'Arabi's Biography: From Early Accounts to Later Interpretations Ibn 'Arabi in the Biographical Works of Western Muslims The Account of Ibn al-Musdi The Anecdotal Evidence From al-Qazwini A Sufi Perspective: Ibn Abi 'l-Mansur Al-Qastallani's Polemical Twist Conclusion 3. Between Damascus And Cairo: The Affair Of Ibn 'Abd Al-Salam The Historical Setting Sufism and Sunni Islam: Concord or Expediency? Religion and Politics in the Mamluk State Defending the Purity of Islam in the Mamluk State Ibn 'Arabi's Opponents in Search of Precedents Enter Ibn 'Abd al-Salam al-Sulami Ibn 'Abd al-Salam and Sufism Ibn 'Abd al-Salam's Denunciation of Ibn 'Arabi: An Essay on Contextualization Ibn 'Abd al-Salam on the Hierarchy of the Sufi Gnostics Sufi Responses to Ibn 'Abd al-Salam's Censure Ibn 'Abd al-Salam on the Relationship Between the shari 'a and the haqiqa Some Later Elaborations Conclusion 4. Ibn Taymiyya's Formidable Challenge Structure, Method, and Contents of Ibn Taymiyya's Antimonistic Writings Ibn Taymiyya's Personal View of the Greatest Master Argumentum ad hominem An Argument from Metaphysics Ibn Taymiyya on the Doctrine of Sainthood Ibn Taymiyya's Antimonistic Critique sub specie aeternitatis 5. Ibn 'Arabi In The Biographical Literature From The 8th/14th-9th/15th Centuries Shaping an Ambiguous Image: al-Dhahabi Apologetic Uses of al-Dhahabi's Ambivalence: al-Safadi and al-Yafi'i Al-Fasi: Between Biography and Polemic Ibn 'Arabi Through the Eyes of an Admirer: al-Qari al-Baghdadi's 'Al-Durr al-thamin" Conclusion 6. The Metaphysical Argument Revisited: Al-Taftazani Historical and Intellectual Background Al-Taftazani's Refutation of Ibn 'Arabi The Metaphysical Argument The Problem of "Pharaoh's Faith" Conclusion 7. Ibn 'Arabi In The Muslim West: A Prophet in His Own Land? Ibn 'Arabi in Western Islamic Historiography Ibn 'Arabi Through the Eyes of Ibn al-Khatima Ibn al-Khatib The Vizier Ibn al-Khatib on Love Mysticism Ibn 'Arabi in Rawdat al-ta'rif Ibn Khaldun and Islamic Mysticism Ibn Khaldun on Monistic Philosophy Ibn Khaldun and the People of tajalli Conclusion 8. Egypt: The Polemic Continues Ibn 'Arabi in Mamluk Cairo Al-Bukhari versus al-Bisati: A Public Dispute over Ibn 'Arabi's Unbelief Al-Biqa'i's "Destruction" of Monistic Philosophy Conclusion 9. Ibn 'Arabi in Yemen Yemeni Society in the Later Middle Period Conclusion 9. Ibn 'Arabi in Yemen Yemeni Society in the Later Middle Period Sufism in Medieval Yemen The Rasulid Kingdom The Rasulids and Islamic Learning Ibn al-Ahdal on the Rise of Monistic Sufism in Yemen Al-Jabarti and the Sufi Community of Zabid Al-Jabarti's Associates: Ibn al-Raddad and al-Jili Scholarly Disputes over Ibn 'Arabi: The fuqaha ' versus the sufiyya ? Ibn al-Muqri versus al-Kirmani: Final Episodes of the Long Struggle Conclusion General Conclusion Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Terms Index of Book Titles
Alexander D. Knysh is The Sharjah Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Arabic and Middle East Studies, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
"Knysh has looked at exactly who were the supporters and opponents of Ibn 'Arabi for several centuries after his death, where they were getting their information, why they should have taken the position they took, and so forth. The author brings together a lot of tidbits in the secondary literature that people have not connected, and he does so with careful attention to the primary texts." -- William C. Chittick, author of The Self Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn 'Arabi's Cosmology
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