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    Ibn 'Arabi Behind the Veil of Night

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    This story begins with a divine unveiling: In 1220, a mysterious youth took the Sufi scholar, poet, and philosopher Muhyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī behind the veil of the night. There, Ibn ʿArabī first came face to face with advanced and morally ambiguous spiritual practitioners known as the Nightfolk.In The Nightfolk, Duja Rašić offers a pioneering historical and conceptual analysis of the once ... Read more

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  • Azrael

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    Series series Magic in History
    The archangel Azrael enforces the divine command that all living things must return to God in death. The very word islām implies submission to God’s will, and yet Muslim saints, prophets, and sorcerers used charisma, magic squares, and their bare hands to defy Azrael and extend their lives on Earth. Their efforts reveal tension between the necessity of submitting to God’s will and the human ... Read more

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  • The Elixir

    A Posthumanist Approach to Alchemy in Akbarian Sufism and Islam

    by Dunja Rašić ...
    Series series Elements in Magic
    Step outside laboratory, and into the world of nature. The books on cannon law can be left behind as well, for Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240) believed there is one Sharia for humans and another for minerals. This Element rethinks what it means to be an alchemist and Muslim, by shifting its focus to the religious practices of sentient minerals, as described in Ibn ʿArabī's oeuvre and the Qur'an. Common ... Read more

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  • Azrael

    Encounters with the Angel of Death in Islamicate Thought and Culture

    by Dunja Rašić ...
    Series series Magic in History
    The archangel Azrael enforces the divine command that all living things must return to God in death. The very word islām implies submission to God’s will, and yet Muslim saints, prophets, and sorcerers used charisma, magic squares, and their bare hands to defy Azrael and extend their lives on Earth. Their efforts reveal tension between the necessity of submitting to God’s will and the human ... Read more

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  • Bedeviled

    Jinn Doppelgangers in Islam and Akbarian Sufism

    by Dunja Rašić ...
    Series series SUNY series in Islam
    A groundbreaking study of jinn doppelgangers and the problem of evil in Akbarian Sufism.Ghouls, ifrits, and a panoply of other jinn have long haunted Muslim cultures and societies. These also include jinn doppelgangers (qarīn, pl. quranāʾ), the little-studied and much-feared denizens of the hearts and blood of humans. This book seeks out jinn doppelgangers in the Islamic normative tradition, ... Read more

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  • Know Yourself

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    This short text on the unity of existence directly addresses the relationship a human being may encounter – whether in solitude, in the extent of the natural world, or in the social framework – between their known self and their eternal origin. It explains that to realize your essential oneness with reality it is not necessary to eliminate your ‘separate’ self or ego because that illusory self ... Read more

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  • Sufism

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  • Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn

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    According to the Qur’an, God created two parallel species, man and the jinn, the former from clay and the latter from fire. Beliefs regarding the jinn are deeply integrated into Muslim culture and religion, and have a constant presence in legends, myths, poetry, and literature. In Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn, Amira El-Zein explores the integral role these mythological ... Read more

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  • Women of Sufism

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  • And Muhammad Is His Messenger

    The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety

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    The important role of the Prophet Muhammad in the everyday lives of Muslims is usually overlooked by Western scholars and has consequently never been understood by the Western world. Using original sources in the various Islamic languages, Annemarie Schimmel explains the central place of Muhammad in Muslim life, mystical thought, and poetry. She sees the veneration of Muhammad as having many ... Read more

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