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Avicenna's Allegory on the soul : an Ismaili interpretation : an Arabic edition and English translation of ʻAlī b. Muḥammad b. al-Walīd's al-Risāla al-mufīda by Ali b. Muhammad b. al-Walid; Wilferd Madelung; Toby Mayer is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies The Persian philosopher Ibn Sina (d. 1037), known in Europe as Avicenna, was arguably the greatest master of Aristotelian thought in the Muslim world. The symbolical Poem on the Soul (Qasidat al-nafs), which portrays all earthly human souls as in temporary exile from heaven, is traditionally attributed to Avicenna, and was received with enthusiasm by its commentators. A highly significant commentary on the Qasida was written by ?Al
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- Author
- Ali b. Muhammad b. al-Walid; Wilferd Madelung; Toby Mayer
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris Publishers, in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780857729668
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Islam, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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