Sadr Al-Din Qunawis the Key to the Unseen - A Guide Book to Sufi Metaphysics

¿adr al-D¿n Q¿naw¿ is widely regarded as the greatest expositor of Ibn 'Arab¿'s works and his most distinguished student. His Mift¿¿ al-Ghayb (The Key to the Unseen) is one of the most significant works in the history of Islamic mysticism and philosophy. It represents a systematic exposition of metaphysical and epistemological ideas, building upon and refining the teachings of Ibn 'Arab¿.

List of contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1. On the Classification of Sciences and Metaphysics
Chapter 2. On the Principles of Metaphysics
Section: The Real as Being itself
Section : Knowing the Real
Section: The Divine Names
Chapter 3. On Union and Creation
Chapter 4. On the Cosmos and Order
A Precious Completion
Chapter 5. On the Spiritual Path
Section: Love, Its Rulings and Secrets
Section: The Secret of Supplication
Section: On Veil
Supplement on This Topic
Knowledge Must Lead to Action
Additional Note
Chapter 6. On Speech
Chapter 7. On the Perfect Human
What is the reality of the human being?
Where Did the Human Come From?
Where Did the Human Exist?
How Did the Human Come into Being?
Who Brought Him into Being?
Why Did He Come into Being?
What Is the Purpose of the Human's Coming into This World?
What is the Purpose of the Human from the Perspective of the Divine Will?
Has the Human been assisted?
What exists in man as meaning, and what exists outside him as form?
How Many Categories Are the Kinds of the Cosmos Limited to?
Reciprocity Between the Divine and the Created Realm
What Is the Priority of the Levels?
Second Knowledge on the Correspondence of Divine and Cosmic Archetypes
The Essential Difference Between the Agent and the Acted-Upon
The Absence of Witnessing
Conclusion: Advice and Supplication
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Ozgur Koca is an associate professor of Islamic Studies and Philosophy at Bayan Claremont Islamic Graduate School

Product details

• Authors: Ozgur Koca, Özgür Koca
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 18.05.2026
• EAN: 9781041162124
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4116212-4
• No. of pages: 242
• Series: Routledge Studies in Islamic Philosophy
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); PHILOSOPHY / Epistemology, PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics, RELIGION / Islam / Sufi, Middle East, Religion: general, mysticism, Philosophy: metaphysics & ontology, Regional Studies, Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology, Regional / International studies, Philosophy: epistemology & theory of knowledge, Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge, Islamic & Arabic philosophy, Islamic and Arab philosophy, Sufism & Islamic Mysticism, Islamic groups: Sufis