Epistles of the Brethren of Purity : On God and the world. An Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistles 49-51 / edited and translated by Wilferd Madelung, Cyril V. Uy, Carmela Baffioni, Nuha Alshaar ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri.

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Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ [author.]

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Language: English, Arabic Series: Epistles of the Brethren of PurityPublisher: New York : Oxford University Press , 2019Description: xxiii, 469 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

9780198823339
0198823339

Other title:

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 [Portion of title]

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Rasāʼil. 49-51. English & Arabic

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DDC classification:

189.52 23 E64

Summary: 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.

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كتاب

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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.