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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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An introduction to ibn Arabi,
By Gogol (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Sufis of Andalusia: The Ruh Al-Quds' and 'Al-Durrat Al-Fakhirah' (Paperback)
The translator has provided here a partial translation of the 'Ruh al-Quds' written by probably Islams most influential Sufi ibn Arabi.
The book, published by Beshara publications who often print translations of ibn Arabi's works in particular with commentaries by classical Turkish Sufis (Such as Ismail Hakki Bursevi's commentary on the Fusus and the Kernel of the Kernel) is a continuation of the publishers interest with ibn Arabi. The introduction is by the late Martin Lings who was a British convert to Islam and Sufi who wrote a number of books most notably a biography of Muhammad, a biography of the late Algerian Sufi Sheikh al-Alawi and several works in defence and support of Rene Guenon. The translator R.J. Austin provides us with an introduction to ibn Arabi's life and times giving us a detailed biography of the man and the cultural world in which he lived in. He then provides an introduction to Sufism it appears using much of Martin Lings' works as reference before the translation. The translation itself is simply a brief biography of Sufis who were ibn Arabi's teachers, people he met or scholars he knew of. Several of them are women, something that may be of surprise to some though during ibn Arabi's time it was fairly common to find women in high theological positions and well respected Sufis. The style is common to many books that can be found in the Muslim world as it was a common practice for a Sufi master to compile a biography of his teachers or of his Sufi lineage. This would certainly be of interest to those wishing to know more about Sufism and also to understand the cultural side of the Islamic world.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: The Sufis of Andalusia: The Ruh Al-Quds' and 'Al-Durrat Al-Fakhirah' (Paperback)
As usual the "Seal of the saints" provides information that help the seeker of God. The great variety of saints described adds a colorful array of possible approaches a sufi can take. One can therefore accept more his nature and realize that not all sufis are the same in approach, but all are same in desiring and being pure about the worship of The One. It left me wanting to read more, and if there is one thing that is sad, is that there is not enough of S. Ibn Arabi tranlated into the Enlgish.
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