Ibn al-'Arabi's Barzakh: The Concept of the Limit and the Relationship between God and the WorldThis book explores how Ibn al->Arabi? (1165 1240) used the concept of barzakh (the Limit) to deal with the philosophical problem of the relationship between God and the world, a major concept disputed in ancient and medieval Islamic thought. The term barzakh indicates the activity or actor that differentiates between things and that, paradoxically, then provides the context of their unity. Author Salman H. Bashier looks at early thinkers and shows how the synthetic solutions they developed provided the groundwork for Ibn al->Arabi? s unique concept of barzakh. Bashier discusses Ibn al->Arabi? s development of the concept of barzakh ontologically through the notion of the Third Thing and epistemologically through the notion of the Perfect Man, and compares Ibn al->Arabi? s vision with Plato s. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Encounter | 59 |
52 | 70 |
The Supreme Barzakh | 97 |
The Problem of the Creation of the World Revisited | 106 |
The Epistemological Aspect | 113 |
The Limit Situation | 129 |
Conclusions | 143 |
11 | 153 |
Ibn Rushd versus alGhazālī on the Eternity of the World | 161 |
Bibliography | 187 |
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Common terms and phrases
absolute Abū According to Ibn actual affirmation Allah argument Aristotle Aristotle's Ash'arites Averroes Avicenna barzakh barzakh concept become believe chapter characterized Chittick cosmos creation definition delimited discussion divine doctrine Essence eternity existence finite finitude fixed entities Futūḥāt Ghazālī God's Hence Ibid Ibn al-'Arabi Ibn al-'Arabi says Ibn Arabi Ibn Rushd Ibn Sīnā Ibn Sina's imagination Incoherence infinite number infinitude infinity intermediate objects interpretation Islamic Philosophy Khadir knowledge logical manifest meaning medieval Metaphysics Moses Mu'tazilites Muḥammad Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi mystical nature negation Nonbeing nonexistent nonmanifest notion ontological paradoxical Parmenides Path perceived Perfect philosophers Plato possessors possible things Qur'an rational faculty rational reflection Real Real's reality Realizers reason relation respect Richard Rorty Rorty self-disclosures signifies spiritual Supreme Barzakh temporal theologians theory theory of Forms thinkers Third Thing Timaeus tion tradition trans transcends truth unity unlimited William Chittick words wujud