Abstract
Many Sufis appear in Ibn al-'Arabī's al-Futūhāt al-Makkiyya, a treatise in which the author puts forward his principal ideas. Abu Yazīd al-Bistāmī is mentioned in this work 143 times, more than any other Sufi. The present article seeks to examine Ibn al-'Arabī's attitude toward his Sufi predecessor by considering al-Bistāmi's personality as it appears in Ibn al-'Arabī, as well as Ibn al- 'Arabī's views on al-Bistāmī's Sufi practice, his presence as a model of moral conduct and his mystical philosophical notions. Ibn al-'Arabī does not accept all the notions and statements expressed by al-Bistāmī. Sometimes he mitigates al-Bistāmi's daring assertions and thus reveals his unfavorable attitude toward shatahāt. However, in some cases al-Bistāmī's statements serve as corroboration for Ibn al-'Arabī's theses.
Translated title of the contribution | IBN al-'arab ī and abū yazīd al-bistāmī |
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Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 369-385 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Al-Qantara |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher: al-qantara.revistas.csic.esKeywords
- Abū
- IBN al-'arabī
- Irāda
- Karāmāt
- Ma'rifa
- Manzil
- Maqām
- Shath
- Wara'
- Yazīd al-bistāmī
- Zuhd