Patterns of Contemplation Ibn 'Arabi, Abdullah Bosnevi and The Blessing-Prayer of Effusion
by Hirtenstein, Stephen; Beneito, PabloFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2023-01-03
Publisher(s): Anqa Publishing
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Summary
Patterns of Contemplation is a uniquely innovative and comprehensive introduction to the sacred principles and symbolism of geometry, letters and numbers, discussed through the first in-depth analysis and English translation of a major Sufi devotional masterpiece, The Blessing-Prayer of Effusion (al-?alat al-fay?iyya). It examines the kaleidoscopic structure of this prayer on the Prophet Muhammad, who authored it, and how it reveals profound teachings on human perfection.
Author Biography
Stephen Hirtenstein is director of Anqa Publishing, Senior Research Fellow of the Muhiyddin Ibn Arabi Society and editor of the Society Journal, and a freelance Senior Editor for the Institute of Ismaili Studies (London). His main research interest is in the works of Ibn 'Arabi and his school, and he has numerous publications including the Unlimited Mercifier and translations of Ibn 'Arabi's works.
Pablo Beneito is currently Professor (Profesor Titular) at the Department of Translation and Interpretation, Facultad de Letras, University of Murcia. Specialising in the study of Islamic thought and Sufism, he has taught courses and contributed to conferences in some twenty countries and directed more than 30 international congresses. As an author, editor and translator he has published extensively on Ibn 'Arabi and the mystical tradition. In 2011 he became the Director of MIAS Latina (www.ibnarabisociety.es), and since 2014 the Director and Editor of El Azufre Rojo
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Geometry of Reality: the circle and the dot
Chapter 2: Contemplation in letters and numbers, circles and mirrors
Chapter 3: The Two Effusions and the Language of Numbers: Fay?, Suryaniyya and the letter ?ad
Chapter 4: Quranic Principles of creation: kun fa-yakun and the Names Ghafur and Wadud
Chapter 5: Authorship and inspiration: Bosnevi’ s approach in different texts
Chapter 6: The Blessing-prayer – a) parallel Arabic-English (facing pages, numbered, without notes, for recitation)
b) English translation with notes
Appendices:
A: Transliteration
B: Spanish translation
C: Letters and numbers, rhymes and key words in the Blessing-prayer
D: Structural analysis of the Blessing-prayer
E: The Prayer of Blessing by al-Mahdawi – Arabic-English (facing pages, E notes at end)
Bibliography
Index
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