A Shiʿite Anthology

Created by the Prophet Muhammad and his twelve Imams, the Hadith is an ancient and profoundly influential body of religious texts in Shi'ite Muslim literature, second in importance only to the Holy Koran itself.
Texts on the practical aspects of life and pure metaphysics are included in this first English translations of excerpts from the Hadith. Especially selected for the Western reader by the renowned Islamic scholar Tabataba'i, the passages from the Hadith shed light on the culture, history, law, and theology of the Shi'ite community and provide direct translations of some of the most famous of Islamic prayers.

Info autore

William C. Chittick is Professor of Comparative Studies at State University of New York, Stony Brook. He has published numerous books, among them, Imaginal Worlds: Ibn al-Arabi and the Problem of Religious Diversity; Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth-Century Sufi Texts; The Sufi Path of Knowledge: Ibn al-Arabi's Metaphysics of Imagination; The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teachings of Rumi; and A Shi'ite Anthology, all published by SUNY Press.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: S. 7788;Ab&257;&7789;Ab&257;'&299; (Editore), William C Chittick (Editore), William C. Chittick (Editore), William C Chittick (Traduzione), William C. Chittick (Traduzione)
• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.1981
• EAN: 9780873955119
• ISBN: 978-0-87395-511-9
• Pagine: 158
• Dimensioni: 150 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Peso: 218 g
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni