Epistles of the Brethren of Purity : On God and the world. An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 49-51 /
Epistles of the Brethren of Purity : On God and the world. An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 49-51 /
Rasāʼil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ wa-khullān al-wafāʼ (49 - 51): al-risālah al-thāminah ilá al-risālah al-ʻāshirah min al-qism al-rābiʻ fī al-namūsīyah al-ilāhīyah On God and the world
edited and translated by Wilferd Madelung, Cyril V. Uy, Carmela Baffioni, Nuha Alshaar ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri.
- xxiii, 469 pages ; 24 cm
- Epistles of the Brethren of Purity .
- Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. .
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
This volume presents three of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, a monumental work of medieval Islamic learning. Epistle 49 explores the hierarchy of existence; Epistle 50 describes the proper attitudes towards body and soul; Epistle 51 considers the arrangement of the world on numerical principles.
Text in English and Arabic.
9780198823339 0198823339
Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. 49-51. Rasāʼil.
To 1500
Ikhwan--al
-- -- --
Iran.
History.
Sources.
189.52 / E64
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
This volume presents three of the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity, a monumental work of medieval Islamic learning. Epistle 49 explores the hierarchy of existence; Epistle 50 describes the proper attitudes towards body and soul; Epistle 51 considers the arrangement of the world on numerical principles.
Text in English and Arabic.
9780198823339 0198823339
Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ. 49-51. Rasāʼil.
To 1500
Ikhwan--al
-- -- --
Iran.
History.
Sources.
189.52 / E64