The essays collected here reflect the great esteem in which Professor Hermann Landolt, Professor Emeritus of Islamic Thought at the Institute of Islamic Studies of McGill University and Senior Research Fellow at The Institute of Ismaili Studies, is held by his colleagues and students around the world.
This publication not only reflects the scholarly interests of Hermann Landolt in philosophy, Sufism and Shi士ism, but also takes a timely and refreshing look at the Islamic traditions of mysticism, philosophy, theology, historiography, and intellectual debate generally from earliest times to the twentieth century, in a series of diverse and stimulating approaches. As such, they are a corrective to the current alienating discourse on Islam which portrays it as a source of extremism and fanatical violence. A true warrior here is one whose struggle is for a more perfect understanding and experience of the world as the creation of a just and merciful God.
The essays, by an impressive list of scholars and experts, deal with Islam鈥檚 inner life as considered by some of its greatest representatives 鈥 intellectual personalities such as Ibn 士Arab墨, al-Ghaz膩l墨, Kirm膩n墨, Najm al-D墨n Kubr膩, al-Q膩d墨 al-Nu士m膩n, al-R膩z墨, Ibn S墨n膩 and Suhraward墨. New source material is also presented, analysed and translated.
Acknowledgements
Note on the Transliteration and Abbreviations
List of Contributors
1. Introduction
Todd Lawson
2. Bibliography of the Works of Hermann Landolt
Todd Lawson
PART 1: Classical Islam
3. The 鈥楩ive Limbs鈥 of the Soul: A Manichaean Motif in Muslim Garb?
Karim Douglas Crow
4. Narrative Themes and Devices in al-Waqidi鈥檚 Kit膩b al-magh膩z墨
Donald P. Little
5. The Rise and Decline of Taqiyya in Twelver Shi士ism
Lynda Clarke
6. 奥补濒腻测补 according to al-Junayd (d. 298/910)
Ahmet T. Karamustafa
7. L鈥檌mportance du Trait茅 de l鈥檋armonie d鈥檒-Farabi: ses vis茅es politiques
Fabienne Pironet
8. Philosophy of Religion in al-F膩r膩b墨, Ibn S墨n膩 and Ibn 峁瑄fayl
Paul E. Walker
9. Revisiting Religious Shi士ism and Early Sufism: The Fourth/Tenth-Century Dialogue of 鈥楾he Sage and the Young Disciple鈥
James Winston Morris
10. Al-Q膩岣嵞 al-Nu士m膩n and the Concept of 叠腻峁璱苍
Bulbul Shah
11. The Concept of Knowledge according to al-Kirm膩n墨 (d. after 411/1021)
Faquir Muhammad Hunzai
12. An Early Ismaili View of Other Religions: A Chapter from the Kit膩b al-I峁膩岣 by Ab奴 岣つ乼im al-R膩z墨 (d. ca. 322/934鈥935)
Shin Nomoto
13. An Ismaili interpretation of Ibn S墨n膩鈥檚 Qa峁Ｄ玠at al-Nafs
Wilferd Madelung
14. 膧yat al-N奴r: A Metaphor for Where We Come From, What We Are and Where We Are Going
Soraya Mahdi Hajjaji-Jarrah
PART 2: Medieval Islam
15. Reading al-Ghaz膩l墨: The Case of Psychology
Peter Heath
16. Stories of A岣ad al-Ghaz膩l墨 鈥楶laying the Witness鈥 in Tabriz (Shams-i Tabr墨z墨鈥檚 interest in 蝉丑腻丑颈诲-产腻锄墨)
Nasrollah Pourjavady
17. Reason (士补辩濒Reason, intellect, mind. This noun does not appear as such in the Qur鈥檃n, although the verb 士aqala is used (as in Q. 2:44, 鈥楧o you not understand?鈥). See also 士补辩濒鈥搃…) and Direct Intuition (尘耻蝉丑腻丑补诲补) in the works of Shih膩b al-D墨n al-Suhraward墨 (d. 587/1191)
Roxanne Marcotte
18. Al-Suhrawardi on Body as Extension: An Alternative to Hylomorphism from Plato to Leibniz
John Walbridge
19. Mi士r膩j al-kalima: de la Ris膩la Qushayriyya aux Fut奴岣ツ乼 Makkiyya
Michel Chodkiewicz
20. Al-Shahrast膩n墨鈥檚 Contribution to Medieval Islamic Thought
Diana Steigerwald
21. The Pertinence of Islamic Cosmology: Reflections on the Philosophy of Af岣峚l al-D墨n K膩sh膩n墨
William C. Chittick
22. The Sciences of Intuition and the Riches of Inspiration: Najm al-D墨n Kubr膩 in J膩m墨鈥檚 Nafa岣ツ乼 al-uns
Elizabeth Ross Alexandrin
23. Two Narratives on Najm al-D墨n Kubr膩 and Ra岣嵞 al-D墨n 士Al墨 L膩l膩 from a Thirteenth-Century Source: Notes on a Manuscript in the Raza Library, Rampur
Devin DeWeese
24. Ibn S墨n膩 and Meister Eckhart on Being
Etin Anwar
25. La Vision de Dieu dans l鈥橭nirocritique Musulmane M茅di茅vale
Pierre Lory
26. The Spiritual Journey in Kubraw墨 Sufism
Leonard Lewisohn
27. Notes on the Transmission of Mystical Philosophy: Ibn 士Arabi according to 士Abd al-Wahh膩b al-Sha士r膩n墨
Richard J. A. McGregor
PART 3: Pre-Modern Islam
28. Sh膩h 峁乭ir and Niz膩r墨 Ismaili Disguises
Farhad Daftary
29. Some Notes on Shaykh A岣ad Sirhind墨 and the Problem of the Mystical Significance of Paradise
Abdollah Vakily
30. The Naqshband墨 Mujaddid墨 Sufi Order鈥檚 Ascendancy in Central Asia Through the Eyes of Its Masters and Disciples (1100s鈥1200s/1600s鈥1800s)
Sajida S. Alvi
31. 鈥楲e combatant du 迟补示飞墨濒The elucidation of the inner or esoteric meaning, b膩峁璱n , from the literal wording or apparent meaning of a text, ritual or religious prescription.鈥. Un po猫me de Moll膩 峁dr膩 sur 士Al墨 (Aspects de l鈥檌mamologie duod茅cimane IX)
Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi
32. Fay岣 al-K膩sh膩n墨鈥檚 奥补濒腻测补: The Confluence of Shi士i Imamology and Mysticism
Shigeru Kamada
PART 4: Modern Islam
33. The Faith of Pharaoh: A Disputed Question in Islamic Theology
Eric Ormsby
34. The Eight Rules of Junayd: A General Overview of the Genesis and Development of Islamic Dervish Orders
Bernd Radtke
35. Symphony of Gnosis: A Self-Definition of the Ismaili Gin膩n Tradition
Shafique N. Virani
36. The Attitude of the 士Ulam膩示 towards the Government in Nineteenth-Century Iran, Ahmad Kazemi Moussavi
37. Traditional Philosophy in Iran with Reference to Modern Trends
Mehdi Mohaghegh
38. Traces of Modernisation and Westernisation? Some Comparative Considerations concerning Late Bukh膩ran Chronicles
Bert G. Fragner
鈥楳agisterial… Profound鈥
鈥 Robert Dickson Crane, The Muslim World Book Review
Todd Lawson is Professor of Islamic Thought at the University of Toronto in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations. He has published numerous articles to academic journals on the interpretation of the Qur示an and other subjects in Islamic studies.