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Renunciation and Asceticism in Early Sufi Biographical Literature

A Critical Edition and a Case Study of an 11th Century Text

Meis Al-Kaisi [+–]
American University of Sharjah
Meis Al-Kaisi is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Sharjah, UAE.

This is a critical edition of an 11th century biographical encyclopedia entitled Ḥilyat al-awliyā’ wa-ṭabaqāt al-aṣfiyā’ by Abu Nu‛aym Al-Iṣfahānī (d. 430/1038). It includes a study of an extract of Abu Nu‛aym’s multi-volume work that comprises nine biographies of early figures who are known for their piety and strict asceticism. It also includes a critical edition of the Arabic text, an analysis of the biographical material, and a substantial discussion on the different aspects of asceticism and Sufism and the way they manifest themselves in the individuals covered in the concerned biographies. This book explores six previously uninvestigated manuscript copies which are collated and further compared with an already existent printed edition. It delivers an accurate and a comprehensive critical edition complemented with a
presentation of the extensive tradition of biographical writing in Islam and a survey of the relevant modern scholarship on this subject.

Series: Monographs in Arabic and Islamic Studies

Table of Contents

Part One: The Study

1. Introduction [+–]
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2. Abū Nu‛aym al-Iṣfahānī [+–]
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3. Arabic Biographical Writing [+–]
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4. Ḥilyat al-awliyā’ wa-ṭabaqāt al-aṣfiyā’: A Critical Analysis of the Text [+–]
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Part Two: The Edited Text

Ḥilyat al-awliyā’ wa-ṭabaqāt al-aṣfiyā’ [+–]
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ISBN-13 (Hardback)
9781781795491
Price (Hardback)
£75.00 / $100.00
ISBN (eBook)
9781781795507
Price (eBook)
Individual
£75.00 / $100.00
Publication
01/10/2024
Pages
256
Size
234 x 156mm
Readership
scholars
Illustration
12 figures

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