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Keys to the Arcana :

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0199533652

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9780199533657

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bc329

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Keys to the Arcana :

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[Book]

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Shahrastānī's esoteric commentary on the Qurʼan : a translation of the commentary on Sūrat al-Fātiḥa from Muḥammad b. ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī's Mafātīḥ al-asrār wa maṣābīḥ al-abrār /

First Statement of Responsibility

by Toby Mayer ; with the Arabic text reproduced from the edition by M.A. Adharshab.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

London :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xvi, 267, 122 pages ;

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23 cm

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Qur'anic studies series ;

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6

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Machine generated contents note: II. Keys to the Arcana and lanterns of the godly -- III. Arabic text of theMafatih al-asrar wa masabih al-abrar.

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"Only preserved in a single manuscript in Tehran, this remarkable twelfth-century Qur'anic commentary by Muhammad b. 'Abd al-Karim al- Shahrastani marks the achievement of a lifelong, arduous quest for knowledge. Shahrastani began writing Mafatih al-asrar or Keys to the Arcana towards the end of his life and the work reflects the brilliant radicalism of his more private religious views. The introduction and opening chapter of this virtually unknown work is presented here in a bilingual edition, which also includes an introduction and contextual notes by Dr Toby Mayer." "In Keys to the Arcana, Shahrastani breaks down the text of the Qur'an and analyses it from a linguistic point of view, with reference to the history of Qur'anic interpretation. The author's ultimate aim is to use an elaborate set of complementary concepts - the 'keys' of the work's title - to unearth the esoteric meanings of Qur'anic verses, which he calls the 'arcana' of the verses (asrar al-ayat). A historian of religious and philosophical doctrines, Shahrastani has generally been considered to be a spokesman for the Sunni religious establishment under the Seljuqs. The complementary concepts in question, however, appear to derive, in part, from the Isma'ili Shi'i intellectual tradition, indicating that the author may have been secretly involved in the Isma'ili movement." "Shahrastani 's unusually esoteric and highly systematic exegesis of the Qur'an provides a vivid picture of the mature state of scriptural commentary in the twelfth-century CE. Dr Mayer's meticulous translation of Shahrastani 's Introduction and Commentary on Surat al-Fatiha, supplemented by the Arabic text, allows the reader and scholar access to this intriguing Muslim intellectual work for the first time."--Jacket.

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Mafātīḥ al-asrār wa-maṣābīḥ al-abrār.

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Selections

Šahrastānī, Muḥammad Ibn-ʿAbd-al-Karīm aš-1086-1153

Qurʼan., Sūrat al-Fātiḥah

Koran

Qurʼan.

Qurʼan., Sūrat al-Fātiḥah.

11.81 Koran.

Esoterik

Koran.

Tafsir

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Shahrastānī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm,1086?-1153.

Ādharshab, Muḥammad ʻAlī.

Mayer, Toby.

Institute of Ismaili Studies.

Date of Transaction

20210401061718.0

Electronic name

[Book]

270410

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