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100 1 a| Tilimsānī, ʻAfīf al-Dīn Sulaymān ibn ʻAlī,d| -1291,e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJjRXWBDQG7T64XP8DqxXd=| ^A1480807;

240 10 a| Maʻānī al-asmāʼ al-ilāhīyah.l| English=| ^A1482888;

245 14 a| The divine names :b| a mystical theology of the names of God in the Qur'an /c| by ʻAfīf-al Dīn Al-Tilimsānī ; translated by Yousef Casewit ; foreword by Philippa Byrne ; volume editor, Mohammed Rustom.;

264 1 a| New York :b| New York University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| li, 406 pages :b| map ;c| 21 cm.;

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490 1 a| Library of Arabic literature;

500 a| Originally published: 2023.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

520 a| "A Sufi scholar's philosophical interpretation of the names of God The Divine Names is a philosophically sophisticated commentary on the names of God. Penned by the seventh-/thirteenth-century North African scholar and Sufi poet 'Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani, The Divine Names expounds upon the one hundred and forty-six names of God that appear in the Qur'an, including The All-Merciful, The Powerful, The First, and The Last. In his treatment of each divine name, al-Tilimsani synthesizes and compares the views of three influential earlier authors, al-Bayhaqi, al-Ghazali, and Ibn Barrajan. Al-Tilimsani famously described his two teachers Ibn al-Arabi and al-Qunawi as a "philosophizing mystic" and a "mysticizing philosopher," respectively. Picking up their mantle, al-Tilimsani merges mysticism and philosophy, combining the tenets of Akbari Sufism with the technical language of Aristotelian, Neoplatonic, and Avicennan philosophy as he explains his logic in a rigorous and concise way. Unlike Ibn al-Arabi, his overarching concern is not to examine the names as correspondences between God and creation, but to demonstrate how the names overlap at every level of cosmic existence. The Divine Names shows how a broad range of competing theological and philosophical interpretations can all contain elements of truth"--c| Provided by publisher.;

546 a| In English and Arabic; includes original Arabic and English translation.;

650 0 a| God (Islam)x| Name.=| ^A878992;

650 0 a| Muslimsv| Prayers and devotions.=| ^A17591;

700 1 a| Casewit, Yousef,e| translator.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJht7Vf3qq67Y8mb3DRYfq=| ^A1330982;

700 1 a| Byrne, Philippa,d| 1988-e| writer of foreword.=| ^A1372968;

700 1 a| Rustom, Mohammed,e| editor.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjyTykjpgk7GPG3kHRkcrq=| ^A1283159;

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The divine names : a mystical theology of the names of God in the Qur'an / by ʻAfīf-al Dīn Al-Tilimsānī ; translated by Yousef Casewit ; foreword by Philippa Byrne ; volume editor, Mohammed Rustom.

Author/creator	Tilimsānī, ʻAfīf al-Dīn Sulaymān ibn ʻAlī author.
Other author	Casewit, Yousef, translator.
Other author	Byrne, Philippa, 1988- writer of foreword.
Other author	Rustom, Mohammed, editor.
Format	Book
Publication	New York : New York University Press, [2025]
Description	li, 406 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Subjects	God (Islam)--Name. Muslims--Prayers and devotions.

Uniform title	Maʻānī al-asmāʼ al-ilāhīyah. English
Series	Library of Arabic literature Library of Arabic literature. ^A1324967
Abstract	"A Sufi scholar's philosophical interpretation of the names of God The Divine Names is a philosophically sophisticated commentary on the names of God. Penned by the seventh-/thirteenth-century North African scholar and Sufi poet 'Afif al-Din al-Tilimsani, The Divine Names expounds upon the one hundred and forty-six names of God that appear in the Qur'an, including The All-Merciful, The Powerful, The First, and The Last. In his treatment of each divine name, al-Tilimsani synthesizes and compares the views of three influential earlier authors, al-Bayhaqi, al-Ghazali, and Ibn Barrajan. Al-Tilimsani famously described his two teachers Ibn al-Arabi and al-Qunawi as a "philosophizing mystic" and a "mysticizing philosopher," respectively. Picking up their mantle, al-Tilimsani merges mysticism and philosophy, combining the tenets of Akbari Sufism with the technical language of Aristotelian, Neoplatonic, and Avicennan philosophy as he explains his logic in a rigorous and concise way. Unlike Ibn al-Arabi, his overarching concern is not to examine the names as correspondences between God and creation, but to demonstrate how the names overlap at every level of cosmic existence. The Divine Names shows how a broad range of competing theological and philosophical interpretations can all contain elements of truth"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Originally published: 2023.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language	In English and Arabic; includes original Arabic and English translation.
LCCN	2024028444
ISBN	9781479836031
ISBN	1479836036 paperback
ISBN	library electronic book
ISBN	consumer electronic book

The divine names : a mystical theology of the names of God in the Qur'an / by ʻAfīf-al Dīn Al-Tilimsānī ; translated by Yousef Casewit ; foreword by Philippa Byrne ; volume editor, Mohammed Rustom.

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