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Beauty in Sufism: the teachings of Rūzbihān Baqlī by Baqlī, Rūzbihān ibn Abī al-Naṣr;Murata, Kazuyo is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Analyzes the place of beauty in the Sufi understanding of God, the world, and the human being through the writings of Sufi scholar and saint Rūzbihān Baqlī. According to Muhammad, “God is beautiful and He loves beauty.” Yet, Islam is rarely associated with beauty, and today, a politicized Islam dominates many perceptions. This work tells a forgotten story of beauty in Islam through the writings of celebrated but little-studied Sufi scholar and saint Rūzbihān Baqlī (1128–1209). Rūzbihān argued that the pursuit of beauty in the world and in oneself was the goal of Muslim life. One should become beautiful in imitation of God and reclaim the innate human nature created in God’s beautiful image. Rūzbihān’s theory of beauty is little known, largely because of his convoluted style and eccentric terminology in both Persian and Arabic. In this book, Kazuyo Murata revives Rūzbihān’s ideas for modern readers. She provides an overview of Muslim discourse on beauty before Rūzbihān’s time; an analysis of key terms related to beauty in the Qur’ān, Ḥadīth, and in Rūzbihān’s writings; a reconstruction of Rūzbihān’s understanding of divine, cosmic, and human beauty; and a discussion

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Author

Baqlī, Rūzbihān ibn Abī al-Naṣr;Murata, Kazuyo

Publisher

State University of New York Press (SUNY Press)

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781438462783

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Religion, History, Islam