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- Sanctity and Mysticism in Medieval Egypt: The Wafa Sufi Order and the Legacy of Ibn 'Arabi
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Islam
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Using the original writings of two Egyptian Sufis, Muh\ammad Wafaµ< and his son >Aliµ, this book shows how the Islamic idea of sainthood developed in the medieval period. Although without a church to canonize its “saints,” the Islamic tradition nevertheless debated and developed a variety of ideas concerning miracles, sanctity, saintly intermediaries, and pious role models. In the writings of the WafaµAliµ Wafaµ< drew on earlier philosophical and gnostic currents to construct their own mystical theories and notes their debt to the Sufi order of the Shaµdhiliyya, the mystic al-Tirmidhiµ, and the great Sufi thinker Ibn >Arabiµ. Notably, although located firmly within the Sunni tradition, the Wafaµ
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- Illustrations
- p. ix
- Acknowledgments
- p. xi
- Note on Transliteration
- p. xiii
- Introduction
- pp. 1-8
- Chapter 5: Sanctity and Mu˙ammad Wafå’
- pp. 89-117
- Chapter 6: Sanctity according to Al• Wafå’
- pp. 119-155
- Conclusion
- pp. 157-162
- Bibliography
- pp. 219-237
- Index to the Qur’an
- pp. 239-240
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ISBN
9780791485477
DOI
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OCLC
57566518
Pages
260
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
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