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.
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