{"product_id":"sufismandtheperfecthumanfromibnarabitoal-jili","title":"Sufism and the Perfect Human: From Ibn Arabi to al-Jili","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFitzroy Morrissey\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 176 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781032174273\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStudying the history of the notion of the ‘Perfect Human’ (al-insān al-kāmil), this book investigates a key idea in the history of Sufism. First discussed by Ibn ‘Arabī and later treated in greater depth by al-Jīlī, the idea left its mark on later Islamic mystical, metaphysical, and political thought, from North Africa to Southeast Asia, up until modern times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe research tells the story of the development of that idea from Ibn ‘Arabī to al-Jīlī and beyond. It does so through a thematic study, based on close reading of primary sources in Arabic and Persian, of the key elements of the idea, including the idea that the Perfect Human is a locus of divine manifestation (maẓhar), the concept of the ‘Pole’ (quṭb) and the ‘Muhammadan Reality’ (al-ḥaqīqah al-Muhammadiyyah), and the identity of the Perfect Human. By setting the work of al-Jīlī against the background of earlier Ibn ‘Arabian treatments of the idea, it demonstrates that al-Jīlī took the idea of the Perfect Human in several new directions, with major consequences for how the Prophet Muhammad – the archetypal Perfect Human – was viewed in later Islamic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I: Al-Jili's Life and Thought\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Al-Jili's life and work\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Al-Jili's Sufi metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II: The Perfect Human\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. A 'synthetic being': the Perfect Human as locus of divine manifestation and a microcosm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. The Pole\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. The Muhammadan Reality\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The identity of the Perfect Human\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: influences and impact\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32259670409251,"sku":"9781032174273","price":87.2,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/03037ab487cdc977f17b49ff7b25790414abacd4.jpg?v=1594181209","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/sufismandtheperfecthumanfromibnarabitoal-jili","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}