Abu Ya'qub Al-Sijistani

Intellectual Missionary

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Abu Ya'qub Al-Sijistani

Intellectual Missionary

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This text looks at the tenth-century missionary, al-Sijistani. Though long neglected by historians of Islamic philosophy, al-Sijistani's recently recovered writings proves that he deserves careful consideration both as a philosopher and as an exponent of the intellectual understanding of Islam. The old problem of the meaning of science and religion, and their interaction as reflected in the thought of an Ismaili author from a remote period, is now interpreted within a framework that provides broad coherence to disparate ideas and obscure doctrines which survive only piecemeal from medieval Arabic books and treatises. Here, al-Sijistani's contributions appear all the more cogent and impressive despite the 1000 years that separate him from us.

Table of Contents

The Shiite Renaissance - religion and science in the early Ismaili mission; the sources of truth (the quest for certainty, the wellsprings of truth, intellect and the ta'yid); the soul and its tarkib; the speaking prophet and his ta'lif; the ladder of salvation; the ultimate recourse in God and the Tawhid; the study of al-Sijistani and his works - a brief history and guide.

Product details

Published 31 Dec 1995
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 152
ISBN 9781850439219
Imprint I.B. Tauris
Dimensions 216 x 138 mm
Series Ismaili Heritage
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Paul E. Walker

Paul E. Walker is based at The Institute of Ismail…

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