Le Livre Des Haltes (Kitâb Al-Mawâqif), Tome II - Tapa dura

This second volume, of the three of which 'Abd al-Qadir's work consists, contains the chapters 216 up to 320 of the alltogether 372 chapters. Based on the Dar al-yaqaza al-'arabiyya (1966-1967) and on the manuscript of the Library of Alger, this translation tas taken into account the work done so far by Michel Chodkiewicz (Editions du Seuil, 1982) and by A. Khurshid (Alif Editions, 1996). It deals with mystic comments on Qur'anic verses and prophetic translations inspired by Ibn 'Arabi's work. This volume also contains long comments on the Futuhat.

Michel Lagarde, D.Litt. (1984) in Oriental Studies, University of Lyon II, the translator, is Professor of Arabic and Islam at the Pontifical Institute of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome. He has published Index du Grand Commentaire de Fahr al-Din al-Razi (Brill, 1996) and several articles related to the Koranic commentary and to Islamo-Christians relations.