The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism
Mohammed Rustom, "The Essence of Reality: A Defense of Philosophical Sufism "
English | ISBN: 1479816590 | 2022 | 350 pages | PDF | 22 MB
English | ISBN: 1479816590 | 2022 | 350 pages | PDF | 22 MB
A groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism
The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514/1120, by a scholar who was just twenty-four. The text, like its author ʿAyn al-Quḍāt, is remarkable for many reasons, not least of which that it is in all likelihood the earliest philosophical exposition of mysticism in the Islamic intellectual tradition. This important work would go on to exert significant influence on both classical Islamic philosophy and philosophical mysticism.
Written in a terse yet beautiful style,
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