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.

By:

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]

Uniform titles:

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
كتاب	Central Library المكتبة المركزية	189.52 E64 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	قاعة الكتب		35097

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.