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The other in the light of the one : the universality of the Qur'ān and interfaith dialogue

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9781903682470

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SIOS231329

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انگلیسی

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uk

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RT

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The other in the light of the one : the universality of the Qur'ān and interfaith dialogue

First Statement of Responsibility

/ Reza Shah-Kazemi.

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Cambridge

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: Islamic Texts Society

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

, 2006.

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xxxvi, 309 p.

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bibliography: p. [284] - 298 and Indexes

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The hermeneutics of suspicion or of Sufism? --The reality of the one and dialogue with the other --Islam: Quintessential and universal submission --Dialogue, diatribe, or daʻwa?

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As a result of world events over the past few years, Islam has entered our consciousness in an unprecedented way. The Qur'ān, guiding text for over one billion Muslims, is being looked to for answers to questions like: does the Qur'ān promote peace and harmony or discord and conflict, does it contribute to pluralism or exclusivism, is its message spiritual or fanatical? In 'The Other in the Light of the One', Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi illustrates how, throughout the centuries, Sufism has traditionally been a bastion against two tendencies: worldliness and literalism. Based on a profound study of the Sufi perspectives of the like of Ibn ʻArabī, Kāshāni, Rūmi and Ghazālī, this book is an attempt to answer the above questions and is an invitation to study the universality that is undoubtedly present in the Qurʻān. Its aim is to relate some of the most profound interpretations of the Qurʻān to philosophical and spiritual questions concerning interfaith dialogue. However, the purpose is not to just reproduce the ideas of the Sufis, but to build upon principles, to take advantage of insights, and to apply them creatively to contemporary conditions. Shad-Kazemi illustrates how a universalist perspective based on Sufi hermeneutics provides a third way between secular pluralism and religious exclusivism. This volume provides the faithful of all the different religious communities with the basis for dialogue and mutual enrichment on aspects of religious life and thought that go beyond the outward forms of belief, yielding fruit not only in the practical domain of peaceful coexistence, but also and above all, in the fertile fields of metaphysical insight, immutable values, contemplative inspiration and spiritual realisation. For Muslims, this volume offers a pioneering view of daʻwa, in that it proposes effective ways of putting into practice the many Qurʻānic verses that commend discourse with others on the basis of 'the finest, most beautiful manner

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Qurʼan -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Qurʼan -- Commentaries.

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Qurʼan.

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Shah-Kazemi

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, Reza

Islamic Texts Society

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ایران

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20201112

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270410

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