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Sufism, Black and White: A Critical Edition of Kitāb Al-Bayāḍ Wa-L-Sawād by Abū L-Ḥasan Al-Sīrjānī (D.

by Bilal Orfali , Nada Saab
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9789004216778
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Brill
  • Publisher Imprint: Brill
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 572
  • Original Price: GBP 201.6
  • Language: Arabic
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1044 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Islam / Sufi

This critical Arabic text edition of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād min khaṣāʾiṣ ḥikam al-ʿibād fī naʿt al-murīd wa-l-murād ("The Black and White in the Words of Wisdom by Bondsmen Describing the Seeker and the Mystic Quest"), a substantial handbook of early Sufism by Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Sīrjānī (d. ca. 470/1077), is based on three manuscripts and is introduced by a detailed analytical study of the author and his work. The work is written in the tone of a guiding Sufi master and collects the mystical tradition of early Sufis in the form of anecdotes and concise aphorisms to instill guiding wisdom into the hearts of aspiring Sufi adepts. K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād forms an integral part of Sufi literature and is an essential source for the intellectual history of Islam until the middle of the 5th/11th century.

Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut. He is the author of several articles and books on classical Arabic literature and Sufism.

Nada Saab, Ph.D. (2003), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Lebanese American University. Her research interests include medieval Sufi literature and theory, as well as the embodiments of this Sufi heritage in modern Arabic literature.

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