Knowing God : Ibn 'Arabi and 'Abd Al-Razzaq Al-Qashani's Metaphysics of the Divine

In Knowing God, Ismail Lala investigates the nature of God and whether we can truly know Him according to the influential mystic, Muyi al-Din ibn 'Arabi, and his disciple, 'Abd al-Razzaq al-Qashani.

"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


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