_This mirror for princes sheds light on the relationship between spiritual and political authority in early modern Egypt_ This guide to political behavior and expediency offers advice to Sufi shaykhs, or spiritual guides, on how to interact and negotiate with powerful secular officials, judges, and treasurers, or emirs. Translated into English for the first time, it is a unique account of the relationship between spiritual and political authority in late medieval / early modern Islamic society.

Name der Zeitschrift: Der Islam Jahrgang: 94 Heft: 1 Seiten: 284-287.

Islamic thought; Islamic philosophy; history; analytical study.

In this article, we discuss the current trend of authoritarianism in the Islamic world, especially as embodied in the institution of taqlîd, whereby a lay person blindly follows a religious scholar. We will compare this to the mystical tradition of Ibn ‘Arabî as well as the early esoteric Shî’ite tradition, where a much more “rebellious” type of Islam was offered and provided purviews of pluralism and universalism that challenge authoritarian closures of interpretation in relationship with God. By way of further (...) comparison, we will also attend to the writings of some liberal and pluralistic thinkers in the Muslim world. Maintaining cheerfulness in the midst of a gloomy task, fraught with immeasurable responsibility, is no small feat; and yet what is needed more than cheerfulness?-Nietzsche Twilight of the Idols. (shrink)

1. Les philosophes théologiens.--2. Les philosophes purs.

Arabic lanaguage; history and criticism.

Qurʼan; hermeneutics; criticism, textual; criticism, interpretation, etc.

On religious life in Islam; conduct of life for Muslims and on Islamic ethics.

Greek philosophy; stoicism; influence; Islamic philosophy; history; MA thesis.

Afghānī, Jamāl al-Dīn, 1838-1897; views on; philosophy; rationalism; Islam and reason.

Glosses on a work by Gelenbevî on logic.

دراسة صوفية تتناول مفهوم الطبيعة عند ابن العربي وقد جاء في قسمين الأول يتناول الجانب الوجودي من مرتبة الطبيعة بأسلوب واحد معظمهم بخلاصات من نصوص الشيخ الأكبر واشتمل على عدة موضوعات والثاني يتناول عيون مسائل الطبيعة في الفتوحات حيث يهدف إلى عرف الرؤية الأكبرية حول موضوع الطبيعة.

Study and teaching of Islam with refererence to Qurʼan and Hadith.

Religions; Islam; relations; Christianity; Judaism; Christianity and other religions; Other (Philosophy); religious aspects; Islam.