Overview
Can we know God or does he reside beyond our ken? In Ibn 'Arabi and 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani's Metaphysics of the Divine, Ismail Lala conducts a forensic analysis of the nature of God and His interaction with creation. Looking mainly at the exegetical works of the influential mystic, Muhyi al-Din ibn 'Arabi (d. 638/1240), and one of his chief disseminators, 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani (d. 736/1335?), Lala employs the term huwiyya, literally He-ness, as an aperture into the metaphysical worldview of both mystics. Does Al-Qashani agree with Ibn 'Arabi's conception of God? Does he agree with Ibn 'Arabi on how God relates to us and how we relate to Him? Or is this where Sufi master and his disciple part ways?
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Author: Ismail Lala
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Edition: Approx. 230 Pp. ed.
Volume: 109
Weight: 0.521kg
ISBN: 9789004400511
ISBN 10: 9004400516
Pages: 228
Publication Date: 05 December 2019
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Format: Hardback
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Reviews
A brilliant study of the nature of God in the thought of Ibn 'Arabi and his later disciple, 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani. Dr. Lala guides the reader through a thicket of abstruse texts of Sufi metaphysics on the term huwiyya to a clear explication of the views of each thinker on the nature of God and how we can know Him. Rigorous textual analysis at its best. R. L. Nettler, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford This volume, focusing on a term of decisive significance in Ibn 'Arabi's thought, is a most welcome contribution to research in the history of speculative Sufism. The author's semantic analysis, based on a substantial series of the relevant texts, shows with commendable precision how Ibn 'Arabi's mystical system has undergone modification by one of its foremost interpreters, 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani. The latter's role as a systematiser and arch-defender of Ibn 'Arabi's legacy in the altered conditions of his later milieu, comes into sharp relief. Lala's study significantly extends our understanding of speculative Sufism in its historical unfolding. Toby Mayer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
A brilliant study of the nature of God in the thought of Ibn 'Arabi and his later disciple, 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani. Dr. Lala guides the reader through a thicket of abstruse texts of Sufi metaphysics on the term huwiyya to a clear explication of the views of each thinker on the nature of God and how we can know Him. Rigorous textual analysis at its best. - R. L. Nettler, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford This volume, focusing on a term of decisive significance in Ibn 'Arabi's thought, is a most welcome contribution to research in the history of speculative Sufism. The author's semantic analysis, based on a substantial series of the relevant texts, shows with commendable precision how Ibn 'Arabi's mystical system has undergone modification by one of its foremost interpreters, 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani. The latter's role as a systematiser and arch-defender of Ibn 'Arabi's legacy in the altered conditions of his later milieu, comes into sharp relief. Lala's study significantly extends our understanding of speculative Sufism in its historical unfolding. - Toby Mayer, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London
Author Information
Ismail Lala, D.Phil (2017), University of Oxford, is a seminary-trained academic who focusses on the metaphysical thought of Ibn 'Arabi and 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani. He has published widely on this topic, as well as on Sunni Qur'anic commentaries, Prophetic traditions, Islamic medical ethics, and Islamic philosophy.
