Sufi Hermeneutics, 9780198814702
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Unlock Qur’anic mysteries: Sufi wisdom unveiled in a timeless Persian commentary.

Sufi Hermeneutics

the qur'an commentary of rashīd al-dīn maybudī

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    414 pages

  • Release Date

    12 October 2017

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Summary

Unveiling the Mysteries: A Sufi Interpretation of the Qur’an

This book offers the first comprehensive exploration in a Western language of Rashid al-Din Maybudi’s Persian commentary on the Qur’an, Kashf al-asrar wa ‘uddat al-abrar (Unveiling of Mysteries and Provision of the Righteous). Annabel Keeler delves into the intricate relationship between scriptural exegesis and mystical doctrine within this significant twelfth-century Sufi commentary on the Qur’an.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198814702
ISBN-10:0198814704
Author:Annabel Keeler
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:414
Release Date:12 October 2017
Weight:500g
Dimensions:216mm x 141mm x 23mm
Series:Qur'anic Studies Series
About The Author

Annabel Keeler

Annabel Keeler is an Affiliated Researcher at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and a Research Associate of Wolfson College, both at the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include Sufi exegesis, early to ‘classical’ Islamic mysticism, Persian literature and prophetology. As well as being the author of Sufi Hermeneutics: The Qur’an Commentary of Rashīd al-Dīn Maybudī (Oxford, 2006), she is co-translator of the commentary of Sahl al-Tustarī, under the title Tafsīr al-Tustarī (Kentucky, 2011) and co-editor of The Spirit and the Letter: Approaches to the Esoteric Interpretation of the Qur’an (Oxford, 2016).

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