Nightfolk - Ibn ''Arabi Behind the Veil of Night

"The Nightfolk is a cross-cultural foray into Ibn ʿArabī's fascinating treatment of a unique class of spiritual people whose dark nights are illuminated by retreat and prayer. This book will prove to be useful to scholars of mysticism and those who seek refuge in the silence of the night from the distracting din of the day."--Mohammed Rustom, author of Inrushes of the Heart: The Sufi Philosophy of ʿAyn al-Quḍāt

"Much of current 'esoteric' writing about darkness is content to pursue the demonic or 'shadows.' Dunja Rasic instead looks at the mysterious, love-filled aspect of those whose high spiritual station is often veiled even from themselves. Through her meticulous scholarship in The Nightfolk, the nuances of their teaching as received through Ibn 'Arabi is revealed to us."--Omid Safi, Professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University and Founder of Illuminated Courses and Tours

"Rasic gives us luminous reflections on darkness and the night through Ibn ʿArabī's uniquely colourful window."--Aydogan Kars, author of Unsaying God: Negative Theology in Medieval Islam

About the author

Dunja Rasic is a Sufi scholar and author of The Written World of God and Bedeviled.

Product details

• Authors: Dunja Rasic
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 26.08.2025
• EAN: 9780520422612
• ISBN: 978-0-520-42261-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, History of Religion, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Islamic Life & Practice, Islamic life and practice, 12th century, c 1100 to c 1199, 13th century, c 1200 to c 1299, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis