The Grey Falcon: The Life and Teaching of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī.
In The Grey Falcon , Hamza Malik offers an account of the life and teaching of the twelfth century scholar and Sufi of Baghdad, and eponym of the Qadiri order, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077-1166). The question of whether Jīlānī was a Sufi, or simply a scholar appropriated by later Sufis as ha...
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| Superior document: | Islamic history and civilization ; Volume 155 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden,, Boston: : Brill,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Islamic History and Civilization
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (261 pages). |
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| Summary: | In The Grey Falcon , Hamza Malik offers an account of the life and teaching of the twelfth century scholar and Sufi of Baghdad, and eponym of the Qadiri order, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077-1166). The question of whether Jīlānī was a Sufi, or simply a scholar appropriated by later Sufis as has been sometimes suggested, is tackled through an analysis of his three most popular works, the Ghunya li Ṭālibī Ṭarīq al-Ḥaqq , the Futūḥ al-Ghayb , and the Fatḥ al-Rabbānī . Malik identifies and presents Jīlānī’s Sufi thought and theological stance, and furthermore attempts to paint a picture of the character and personality of Jīlānī, as might be ascertained solely from the works analysed. |
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| ISBN: | 9004383697 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |