Bedeviled: Jinn Doppelgangers in Islam and Akbarian Sufism (SUNY series in Islam) - Tapa dura

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Rašić, Dunja

 
9781438496894: Bedeviled: Jinn Doppelgangers in Islam and Akbarian Sufism (SUNY series in Islam)
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ISBN 10: 1438496893 ISBN 13: 9781438496894
Editorial: SUNY Press, 2024

Sinopsis

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, philosophy, folklore, and Sufi literature, with special emphasis on Akbarian Sufism.

Muḥyī al-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240) wrote on jinn in substantial detail, uncovering the physiognomy, culture, and behavior of this unseen species. Akbarians believed that the good God assigned each human with an evil doppelganger. Ibn ʿArabī’s reasoning as to why this was the case mirrors his attempts to expound the problem of evil in Islamic religious philosophy. No other Sufi, Ibn ʿArabī claimed, ever managed to get to the heart of this matter before him. As well as offering the reader knowledge and safety from evil, Ibn ʿArabī’s writings on jinnealogy tackle the even larger issues of spiritual ascension, predestination, and the human relationship to the Divine.

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Dunja Rašić is a researcher at the University of Religions and Denominations, in Qom, Iran. She is the author of The Written World of God: The Cosmic Script and the Art of Ibn Arabī.

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SUNY Press
Año de publicación
2024
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ISBN 13 
9781438496894
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Editorial: SUNY Press, 2024
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