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The notion of adab is at the heart of Arab-Islamic culture. Born in the crucible of the Arabic and Persian civilization, nourished by Greek and Indian influences, this polysemic notion could cover a variegated range of meanings: good behavior, knowledge of manners, etiquette, rules and belles-lettres and finally, literature. This collection of articles tries to explore how the formulations and reformulations of adab during the first centuries of Islam engage with the crucial period of the first great spiritual masters, exploring the importance of normativity, but also of transgression, in order to define the rules themselves. Assuming that adab is ethics, the articles analyse the genres of Sufi adab, including manuals and hagiographical accounts, from the formative period of Sufism until the modernity. Contributors are: Alberto F. Ambrosio, Nelly Amri, Francesco Chiabotti, Rachida Chih, Ralf Elger, Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek, Maria Chiara Giorda, Denis Gril, Paul L. Heck, Nathan Hofer, Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Annabel Keeler, Pierre Lory, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Erik S. Ohlander, Samuela Pagani, Luca Patrizi, Michele Petrone, Stefan Reichmuth, Lloyd Ridgeon, Elisha Russ-Fishbane, Florian Sobieroj, Renaud Soler, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Mikko Viitamaki.

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Author:   Francesco Chiabotti ,  Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek ,  Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen ,  Luca Patrizi
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 4.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.173kg
ISBN:  

9789004335097

ISBN 10:   9004335099
Pages:   686
Publication Date:   17 November 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. A project, a conference, a book Francesco Chiabotti, Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen, Luca Patrizi Ethics and Spirituality in Islam: Sufi adab Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen and Luca Patrizi Part 1: FORMATION AND FORMULATIONS OF SUFI ADAB Adab et ethique dans le soufisme. Quelques constats et interrogations Denis Gril The concept of adab in early Sufism with particular reference to the teachings of Sahl b. 'Abd Allah al-Tustari (d. 283/896) Annabel Keeler Adab et education spirituelle (tarbiya) chez les maitres de Nishabur aux 3e/9e et 4e/10e siecles Jean-Jacques Thibon Reading Medieval Persian Hagiography through the Prism of Adab: The Case of Asrar al-tawhid Ahmet T. Karamustafa Literary Perspectives in Qushayris Meditations on Sufi Ethics: The 'Uyun al-ajwiba fi funun al-as'ila Florian Sobieroj Ethique et theologie : la pratique de l'adab dans le traite sur les Noms divins d'Abu l-Qasim 'Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri (al-Tahbir fi 'ilm al-tadhkir) Francesco Chiabotti Adab al-muluk : l'utilisation de la terminologie du pouvoir dans le soufisme medieval Luca Patrizi Part 2 : ADAB AS ETHICS: NORM AND TRANSGRESSION WITHIN THE THREE MONOTHEISMS L'invention des adab : innovations soufies et monachisme dans l'exegese du verset 57 : 27 du Coran Samuela Pagani Un systeme de regles de conduite dans le monachisme chretien egyptien (5e-7e s.) Maria-Chiara Giorda Adab in the Thought of Ghazali (d. 505/1111): In the Service of Mystical Insight Paul L. Heck Training the Prophetic Self: adab and riyada in Jewish Sufism Nathan Hofer Fellowship and Fraternity in Jewish Pietism of Medieval Egypt Elisha Russ-Fishbane Reading Sufi history through adab: The perspectives of Sufis, Jawanmardan and Qalandars Lloyd Ridgeon Le saint fou comme modele de l'ethique Pierre Lory Part 3 : GENRES OF SUFI ADAB: MANUALS, HAGIOGRAPHIES AND ADAB AS LITERATURE Situating Group, Self, and Act in the Medieval Sufi ribat: The Kitab zad al-musafir wa-adab al-hadir of 'Imad al-Din Muhammad al-Suhrawardi (d. 655/1257) Erik S. Ohlander 'Izz al-Din Kashani and Abu l-Mafakhir Yahya Bakharzi: Proper Sufi conduct (adab) through the eyes of two Persian authors from different brotherhoods in the 13th-14th centuries Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek Shadhilisme et malamatisme : l'ethique soufie d'un maitre ifriqiyen d'apres les Manaqib du cheikh 'Abd al-Wahhab al-Mzughi (m. 675/1276) Nelly Amri The Praise of a Sufi master as a Literary Event: al-Hasan al-Yusi (1631-1691), his Daliyya (Qasidat al-tahani), and its Commentary (Nayl al-amani) Stefan Reichmuth Le livre pour guide : Ethique (adab) et cheminement spirituel (suluk) dans trois manuels sur la voie d'epoque ottomane Rachida Chih Part 4: SUFI ADAB AND MODERNITY L'epoque de l'adab : le miroir soufi au 18e siecle Alberto F. Ambrosio Taha al-Kurdi (1136/1723 - 1214/1800) between Sufi adab and literary adab Ralf Elger The delicate balance: Adab and mystical states in the musical assemblies of Sufis in medieval India Mikko Viitamaki Adab with an Absent Master : Sufis and Good Manners in the Tija niyya Michele Petrone L'adab soufi en Egypte a l'heure du reformisme musulman : L'anthologie d'Ahmad al-Halawani en 1949 Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen Transmission and Practice in Sufi adab of the Hafiziyya Khalwatiyya, a Sufi brotherhood of Middle-Egypt (19th-20th century) Renaud Soler Index of Quranic verses Index of proper names and titles Index of keywords and notions

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Cet ouvrage d'une grande richesse constitue un apport precieux a la comprehension de l'histoire du soufisme, et permet d'envisager les grandes etapes de cette histoire sous l'angle de l'adab jusqu'a l'epoque la plus recente. (...) La litterature soufie est a tel point traversee par cette notion d'adab que les auteurs de l'introduction, Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen et Luca Patrizi, concluent que tenter l'histoire de l'adab soufi revient a ecrire l'histoire du soufisme lui-meme. ... Il s'agit non seulement d'une contribution importante a l'historiographie du soufisme, mais egalement a l'histoire de la civilisation islamique . Sophie Tyser in: BCAI 32, 2018

Author Information

Francesco Chiabotti is research assistant at the Center for Islamic Theology of the Eberhard Karls University, Tu bingen. He holds a Ph.D from the University of Aix-Marseille (2014). His research focuses on the life and the works of 'Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri (d. 1072). Eve Feuillebois-Pierunek is Senior Lecturer of Persian Studies at Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, Paris, and research staff member of Laboratoire d'Etudes sur les Monotheismes. She has published numerous books and articles on Sufism and Persian mystical literature. Catherine Mayeur-Jaouen is Professor of History of Modern Islam at the Institut national des Langues et Civilisations orientales, Paris, and senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France. She has published several books on Sufism and popular Islam, especially in Egypt. Luca Patrizi, Ph.D. at Aix-Marseille and Naples Universities, is lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Turin and post-doc Labex at the University of Paris. His main areas of research are Religious and Islamic Studies, and Sufism.

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