The horizons of being : the metaphysics of Ibn al-Arabi in the Muqaddimat al-Qaysari / translation and commentary by, Mukhtar H. Ali

By:

Qaysari, Dawud ibn Mahmud, -1350 or 1351 [author]

Contributor(s):

Ali, Mukhtar H, 1975- [translator]

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789004425248 (hardback)
9789004425330 (ebook)

Uniform titles:

[Sharh fusus al-hikam. Muqaddimah. English]

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Other classification:

BPD235.2

Summary: "The Horizons of Being explores the teachings of Ibn al-'Arabi by examining Dawud al-Qaysari's (d. 1350) Prolegomena (muqaddima) to his commentary, Matla' khusus al-kilam fi ma'ani Fusus al-hikam (A Preamble of Select Discourse on the Meanings of the Fusus al-hikam), referred to simply as Muqaddimat al-Qaysari. While his commentary represents the third in a direct line going back to Ibn al-'Arabi through Kashani, Jandi and Qunawi, it remains one of the most popular due to its thorough and accessible treatment of the Fusus that frequently synthesizes the ideas of his predecessors. The Muqaddima stands on its own as an independent work and has been the subject of careful study. If the al-Futuhat al-makkiyya contains the entirety of Ibn al-'Arabi's metaphysics which is distilled in the Fusus, then Qaysari's Muqaddima can be read not just as a precis of the Fusus but a summary of Ibn al-'Arabi's doctrine"-- Provided by publisher.

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	Book - General	M. Kamal Hassan Library	M. Kamal Hassan Library	General Collection	Open Shelf	BPD235.2 I26F3 Q26S4 2020 (Browse shelf(Opens below))					Available			11100503657

Translation of: Sharh Fusus al-hikam. Muqaddimah.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-248) and index.

"The Horizons of Being explores the teachings of Ibn al-'Arabi by examining Dawud al-Qaysari's (d. 1350) Prolegomena (muqaddima) to his commentary, Matla' khusus al-kilam fi ma'ani Fusus al-hikam (A Preamble of Select Discourse on the Meanings of the Fusus al-hikam), referred to simply as Muqaddimat al-Qaysari. While his commentary represents the third in a direct line going back to Ibn al-'Arabi through Kashani, Jandi and Qunawi, it remains one of the most popular due to its thorough and accessible treatment of the Fusus that frequently synthesizes the ideas of his predecessors. The Muqaddima stands on its own as an independent work and has been the subject of careful study. If the al-Futuhat al-makkiyya contains the entirety of Ibn al-'Arabi's metaphysics which is distilled in the Fusus, then Qaysari's Muqaddima can be read not just as a precis of the Fusus but a summary of Ibn al-'Arabi's doctrine"-- Provided by publisher.

Text in English and Arabic.