A Critical Appreciation of Arabic Mystical PoetryIslamic Book Service, 1979 - 264 pages |
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... death of the body , is possible in a certain measure even in this present life . But how is one to overcome the element of Not - Being ? By conquering self ; which seems so real , is in truth the supreme illusion ............... And how ...
... death of the body , is possible in a certain measure even in this present life . But how is one to overcome the element of Not - Being ? By conquering self ; which seems so real , is in truth the supreme illusion ............... And how ...
Page 44
... death . He advocated l'mour pure i.e. loving God without hoping for any recompense . All of his ascetic prac- tices are motivated by this selfless love . Even the highest stage of passing away ( Fanā ) is sought for the nearness of the ...
... death . He advocated l'mour pure i.e. loving God without hoping for any recompense . All of his ascetic prac- tices are motivated by this selfless love . Even the highest stage of passing away ( Fanā ) is sought for the nearness of the ...
Page 74
... death due to the excess of longing and my heart was beating in extreme anxiety . When ecstasy showed me that Thou wert present before me I witnessed Thy presence everywhere . So I addressed the Existent without having recourse to speech ...
... death due to the excess of longing and my heart was beating in extreme anxiety . When ecstasy showed me that Thou wert present before me I witnessed Thy presence everywhere . So I addressed the Existent without having recourse to speech ...
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Abdul abode Abū Ahmad al-Hallaj Allah Arabic ascetic attributes beauty Beirut believe Beloved body creatures divine doctrine essence eternal existence expression Ghazali gnosis gnostics God's Hallāj heart heaven Hilya Holy Prophet Ibid Ibn Arabi Ibn Khallikan Ibnul Arabi Ihya Imām immanence intellectual intoxication Islam Jonaid knowledge light Lord Louis Massignon lover manifested Martin Buber Massignon means monism monistic Muslim mystical experience mystical poetry Nabulusi P. D. Ouspensky pantheistic passion phenomenal Philosophy poem poet prose quoted Qur'an Qushairi R. A. Nicholson reality religion religious Risāla says Shibli soul spirit Sufis Sufism Suhrawardi symbolism Thee things Thou art tion truth Ulema Unity Universe veil verses Wahdat al-Wujud wine worship writes اذا الا الحق الله الهوى ان انا انت على عن في فيه قد قلت كان كل كنت لا لم له لى ليس ما من هم هو وا ولا يا