The Triumph of Mercy - Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra

Informationen zum Autor Mohammed Rustom is Professor of Islamic Thought at Carleton University and Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam. He is the author of the award-winning book The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla adra , also published by SUNY Press. Klappentext Discusses philosopher Mulla Sadras commentary on the opening chapter of the Quran. This book investigates the convergence of philosophy, scriptural exegesis, and mysticism in the thought of the celebrated Islamic philosopher Mulla Sadra (d. 1050/1640). Through a careful presentation of the theoretical and practical dimensions of Sadras Quranic hermeneutics, Mohammed Rustom highlights the manner in which Sadra offers a penetrating metaphysical commentary upon the Fatiha, the chapter of the Quran that occupies central importance in Muslim daily life. Engaging such medieval intellectual giants as Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (d. 606/1210) and Ibn Arabi (d. 638/1240) on the one hand, and the wider disciplines of philosophy, theology, Sufism, and Quranic exegesis on the other, Sadras commentary upon the Fatiha provides him with the opportunity to modify and recast many of his philosophical positions within a scripture-based framework. He thereby reveals himself to be a profound religious thinker who, among other things, argues for the salvation of all human beings in the afterlife.

Product details

• Authors: Mohammed Rustom, Rustom Mohammed
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9781438443416
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-4341-6
• No. of pages: 243
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; Islam, RELIGION / Islam / General, RELIGION / Philosophy, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, RELIGION / Islam / Koran & Sacred Writings, Philosophy of religion, The Koran (Qur’an), Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis, The Koran