Repentance and the Return to God
Tawba in Early Sufism
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Word Count
68,000 words, Guess
Page Count
272 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-10143846911X
- ISBN-139781438469119
- Library of Congress Control Number2017021794
- OCLC Control Number985974677
- Better World Books9781438469119
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL36724583M
Classifications
- LCCBP166.79.K43 2018
- LCCBP166.79 .K43 2018
Description
This book offers the first extensive treatment in a European language of tawba in Islam. Conventionally translated as ?repentance,? tawba includes the broader sense of returning to God. Khalil examines this wider notion in the early period of Sufism with a particular focus on the formative years of the tradition between Mu??sib? and Ab? ??lib al-Makk?. Beginning with an extensive survey of the semantic field of the term as outlined in Arabic lexicography, Khalil offers a detailed analysis of the concept in Muslim scripture. He then examines tawba as a complex psychological process involving interior conversion and a complete, unwavering commitment to the spiritual life. The ideas of five prominent figures from the first four centuries of Islam are used to illuminate the historical development of tawba and its role in early praxis-oriented Sufism.
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