Seeing God in Sufi Qur'an commentaries : crossings between this world and the otherworld /

Coppens, Pieter,

Seeing God in Sufi Qur'an commentaries : crossings between this world and the otherworld / Pieter Coppens. - Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Sufi Qurʼan Commentaries: The Rise of a Genre; 3 The Ultimate Boundary Crossing: Paradise and Hell in the Commentaries; 4 The First Boundary Crossing: Adam Descending; 5 Excursus: Embodying the Vision of God in Theology and Sufism; 6 Arinī: Declined at the Boundary?; 7 A Vision at the Utmost Boundary; 8 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Examines the intersection of Samuel Beckett's thirty-second playlet Breath with the visual arts.



9781474435079


Qurʼan--Commentaries.


Sufi literature--History and criticism.


Electronic Books.

BP130 / .S445 2018