Classifications of Knowledge in Classical Islamic Mysticism: from Eastern Sufi Sources to the Writings of Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī
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The following article aims at analyzing various classifications of knowledge that are found in the literature of classical Islamic mysticism. The discussion focuses on two main corpora: Sufi writings, composed in the central and eastern parts of the Islamic world, and works by the Andalusī mystics or theosophists Ibn Masarra (d. 319/931), Ibn Barraǧān (d. 536/1141), Ibn Qasī (d. 546/1151), and Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 638/1240). The article examines the discrepancies between the Eastern-Sufi and Andalusī taxonomies of knowledge, in an attempt to highlight the typological differences between these two mystical traditions of classical Sunnī Islam.
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Le présent article a pour objet les différentes classifications des connaissances que l’on rencontre dans la littérature du mysticisme islamique classique. La discussion se focalise sur deux corpus principaux : des oeuvres soufies, composées dans les régions centrales et orientales du monde islamique, ainsi que les œuvres de mystiques ou de théosophes andalous comme Ibn Masarra (m. 319/931), Ibn Barraǧān (m. 536/1141), Ibn Qasī (m. 546/1151) et Muḥyī l-Dīn b. ʿArabī (m. 638/1240). L’article examine en particulier les écarts entre les taxinomies de la connaissance dans le soufisme oriental et le mysticisme andalou, dans le but de mettre en évidence les différences typologiques entre ces deux traditions mystiques de l’islam sunnite classique.
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Classifications of Knowledge in Classical Islamic Mysticism: from Eastern Sufi Sources to the Writings of Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī
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Abstract
The following article aims at analyzing various classifications of knowledge that are found in the literature of classical Islamic mysticism. The discussion focuses on two main corpora: Sufi writings, composed in the central and eastern parts of the Islamic world, and works by the Andalusī mystics or theosophists Ibn Masarra (d. 319/931), Ibn Barraǧān (d. 536/1141), Ibn Qasī (d. 546/1151), and Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn al-ʿArabī (d. 638/1240). The article examines the discrepancies between the Eastern-Sufi and Andalusī taxonomies of knowledge, in an attempt to highlight the typological differences between these two mystical traditions of classical Sunnī Islam.
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Le présent article a pour objet les différentes classifications des connaissances que l’on rencontre dans la littérature du mysticisme islamique classique. La discussion se focalise sur deux corpus principaux : des oeuvres soufies, composées dans les régions centrales et orientales du monde islamique, ainsi que les œuvres de mystiques ou de théosophes andalous comme Ibn Masarra (m. 319/931), Ibn Barraǧān (m. 536/1141), Ibn Qasī (m. 546/1151) et Muḥyī l-Dīn b. ʿArabī (m. 638/1240). L’article examine en particulier les écarts entre les taxinomies de la connaissance dans le soufisme oriental et le mysticisme andalou, dans le but de mettre en évidence les différences typologiques entre ces deux traditions mystiques de l’islam sunnite classique.
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