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Letters of a Sufi scholar : the correspondence of ʻAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī (1641-1731)
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- Creator
- by Samer Akkach
- Format
- Books
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 volume (various pagings) : map ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1282602411, 9789004171022, 9004171029, 9789047424338, 9781282602410, 9047424336, 9786612602412
- OCLC
- ocn398506334, ocn611066754
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction: ʻAbd al-Ghanī and the culture of correspondence -- The intellectual milieu -- The letters of the Wasā'il -- List and description -- Places, towns, and correspondents -- Map of the Eastern Ottoman Provinces -- Content and significance -- On understanding Islam: letter 1 -- On struggle (jihād): letter 3 -- On causality: letter 4 -- On solitude: letters 6 and 10 -- On quick-passing thoughts (khawāṭir): letter 14 -- On smoking: letter 25 -- On cosmogony and the unity of being: letters 61 and 62 -- On piety, spirituality, and ethics: all letters