Sufi Cosmology / / edited by Christian Lange and Alexander Knysh.

• Superior document: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 154/2
• TeilnehmendeR: Lange, Christian,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2023.; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East ; 154/2.; Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2023.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (425 pages)

This volume discusses the origin and structure of the universe in mystical Islam (Sufism) with special reference to parallel realms of existence and their interaction. Contributors address Sufi ideas about the fate of human beings in this and future life under three rubrics: (1) cosmogony and eschatology (“where do we come from?” and “where do we go?”); (2) conceptualizations of the world of the here-and-now (“where are we now?”); and (3) visualizations of realms of existence, their hierarchy and mutual relationships (“where are we in relation to other times and places?”). Contributors are Christian Lange, Alexander Knysh, Noah Gardiner, Stephen Hirtenstein, Saeko Yazaki, Jean-Jacques Thibon, Leah Kinberg, Sara Sviri, Munjed M. Murad, Simon O’Meara, Pierre Lory, Mathieu Terrier, Michael Ebstein, Binyamin Abrahamov and Frederick Colby.

Table of Contents

Contents -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: What Is Sufi Cosmology? / Christian Lange and Alexander Knysh -- Part 1: Sufi Cosmogony and Eschatology -- 1 Cosmo-Eschatology in Sufi Thought and Practice / Noah Gardiner -- 2 Cosmogonic Myths in Sufism / Stephen Hirtenstein -- 3 Classes of Beings in Sufism / Saeko Yazaki -- 4 Sufi Views on Time and History / Jean-Jacques Thibon -- 5 Sufi Views of Life in the Grave / Leah Kinberg -- 6 Paradise in Sufi Thought / Christian Lange -- 7 Hell in Sufi Thought / Christian Lange -- Part 2: Sufi Views of the World -- 8 Zuhd in Islamic Mysticism / Sara Sviri -- 9 Sufi Views of Nature / Munjed M. Murad -- 10 Mecca and Other Cosmological Centres in the Sufi Universe / Simon O’Meara -- 11 Macrocosm and Microcosm in Sufi Thought / Pierre Lory -- 12 The Cosmo-Eschatology of Saints and Mahdīs / Noah Gardiner -- Part 3: Levels of Being in Sufi Thought -- 13 Sufi Hierarchies of the Worlds or Levels of Existence: Mulk, Malakūt, Jabarūt, and Related Concepts / Mathieu Terrier -- 14 Emanation (Fayḍ) in Classical Islamic Mysticism / Michael Ebstein -- 15 Levels of Being in Sufi Thought / Richard Todd -- 16 Imagination in Islamic Mystical Philosophy: The Eschatological and Ontological Case / Binyamin Abrahamov -- 17 Otherworldly Journeys in Pre-Modern Sufism / Frederick Colby -- Index.