The Sacred Foundations of Justice in Islam: The Teachings of ʻAlī Ibn Abī ṬālibWorld Wisdom, Inc, 2006 - 176 pages This is the definitive introduction to the writings of 'Ali, who was the son-in-law to the Prophet Muhammad, the fourth caliph to Sunni Muslims, and the central figure in Shi'a Islam. Two essays in this anthology won awards at the International Congress on Iman 'Ali, Tehran, 2001. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, pronounced them, among the best writings on this extraordinary figure in Western languages and are obligatory reading for anyone interested in 'Ali. |
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... gnosis, and can at one level be understood as the centripetal and radial reconnection of the circumference with the Center through the grace of the primor- dial intelligence that constitutes our very being. That faculty which is capable ...
... gnosis, and can at one level be understood as the centripetal and radial reconnection of the circumference with the Center through the grace of the primor- dial intelligence that constitutes our very being. That faculty which is capable ...
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... (gnosis), which the believer had pre-existentially affirmed in the Covenant of Alast, now (that is to say, in this privative existence) becomes incumbent on the devout Muslim as an existential affirmation in the first part of the ...
... (gnosis), which the believer had pre-existentially affirmed in the Covenant of Alast, now (that is to say, in this privative existence) becomes incumbent on the devout Muslim as an existential affirmation in the first part of the ...
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... gnosis ( irfan ) is the drop's knowl- edge of the Ocean that it contains within itself . Man , as such , cannot know the Divine Essence or Godhead35 , but the transcendent spiritual faculty — the Intellect operating within man — is ...
... gnosis ( irfan ) is the drop's knowl- edge of the Ocean that it contains within itself . Man , as such , cannot know the Divine Essence or Godhead35 , but the transcendent spiritual faculty — the Intellect operating within man — is ...
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... gnosis or irfan ) , that enables human beings to discern reality to its core and to testify as to its spiritual basis — thereby reaffirming the knowledge attested to in the Covenant of Alast46 . To know one's essence is to know the ...
... gnosis or irfan ) , that enables human beings to discern reality to its core and to testify as to its spiritual basis — thereby reaffirming the knowledge attested to in the Covenant of Alast46 . To know one's essence is to know the ...
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... (gnosis) is transformative: knowing and being are one. In this ontological oneness, all contraries are reconciled and all things are placed in their “proper order”, that is to say, in conformity with Truth or hierarchically ordered ...
... (gnosis) is transformative: knowing and being are one. In this ontological oneness, all contraries are reconciled and all things are placed in their “proper order”, that is to say, in conformity with Truth or hierarchically ordered ...
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Absolute according action al-balagha al-Din Ali's Allah Arabic Caliph Chittick chivalry cited compassion conception of justice conform corresponds creation creatures dimension discernment divine reality doctrine edited esoteric essay essence ethical faith fitra forgiveness freedom Frithjof Schuon gnosis God’s governance grace hadith hadith qudsi heart human Ibid ibn Abi Talib Imam Ali Imam Ali’s Imam’s intellect Islam Jafery Kashani Kashf Kitab knowledge letter London Lord Malik Malik al-Ashtar manifestation Martin Lings means mercy metaphysical moral Muhammad Muslim mystical Nahj Nahjul-Balagha one’s ontological outward passage Peak Perennial Philosophy Persian Sufi perspective piety Plato political prayer principle Prophet Qur'an referred relationship religion religious Reza supra ruler Ruzbihan sacred saying sense Sermon Seyyed Hossein Nasr Shah-Kazemi Sharh-i Shi‘ite soul spiritual Sufi Sufi tradition Sufism Tage Lindbom tawhid Tehran things transcendent translation truth unity universal verse virtue words World Wisdom World Wisdom Books worship
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Page 130 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 24 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Page 135 - He who the sword of heaven will bear Should be as holy as severe ; Pattern in himself, to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go ; More nor less to others paying, Than by self-offences weighing. Shame to him, whose cruel striking Kills for faults of his own liking...
Page 56 - Truth is within ourselves ; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where truth abides in fulness ; and around, Wall upon wall, the gross flesh hems it in, This perfect, clear perception— which is truth. A baffling and perverting carnal mesh Binds it, and makes all error : and to KNOW Rather consists in opening out a way Whence the imprisoned splendour may escape, Than in effecting entry for a light Supposed to be without.
Page 23 - And the Lord God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Page 122 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 6 - Verily, we offered the trust to the heavens and the earth and the mountains, but they refused to bear it, and shrank from it; but man bore it: verily, he is ever unjust and ignorant.
Page 38 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.