This is the first detailed study of an important Qur'anic commentary (tafsir) by Sultan 'Ali Shah Gunabadi (d. 1909), the eponymous master of the largest branch of the Ni'matullahi Sufi order (the Gunabadiyya).
This is the first detailed study of an important Qur'anic commentary (tafsir) by Sultan 'Ali Shah Gunabadi (d. 1909), the eponymous master of the largest branch of the Ni'matullahi Sufi order (the Gunabadiyya).
Alessandro Cancian is a Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, where he works on Shi'i Sufism, Qur'anic exegesis, and the intellectual and religious history of pre-modern Iran. A historian of religions and anthropologist, he has published books and articles on religious education in Shi'i Islam, Shi'i Sufism, and Qur'anic exegesis. He edited Approaches to the Qur'an in Contemporary Iran (Oxford, 2019).
Inhaltsangabe
* Note on Transliteration, Conventions and Abbreviations * Preface and Acknowledgments * Map * Section I * 1: Introduction: The Emergence of Twelver Shi'i Sufism in Early Modern Iran * 2: Shi'i Sufism * 3: Qur'anic Exegesis between Shi'ism and Mysticism * Section II * 4: Sufism in Early Modern Iran * 5: From Ni'matullahiyya to Gunabadiyya * 6: Sultan 'Ali Shah Gunabadi (d. 1909): His Life and Legacy * Section III * 7: The Tafsir Bayan al-sa'ada: An Introduction * 8: A Shi'i Sufi tafsir * 9: Themes, Methods and Positioning * 10: A Neglected Legacy: The Bayan al-sa'ada and its Reception in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries * Appendix I * Annotated Translation of Sultan 'Ali Shah's Introduction to the Bayan al-sa'ada fi maqamat al-'ibada * Appendix II * The Structure of the Bayan al-sa'ada through its Subheadings * Illustrations * Bibliography * Index of Qur'anic Citations * General Index
* Note on Transliteration, Conventions and Abbreviations * Preface and Acknowledgments * Map * Section I * 1: Introduction: The Emergence of Twelver Shi'i Sufism in Early Modern Iran * 2: Shi'i Sufism * 3: Qur'anic Exegesis between Shi'ism and Mysticism * Section II * 4: Sufism in Early Modern Iran * 5: From Ni'matullahiyya to Gunabadiyya * 6: Sultan 'Ali Shah Gunabadi (d. 1909): His Life and Legacy * Section III * 7: The Tafsir Bayan al-sa'ada: An Introduction * 8: A Shi'i Sufi tafsir * 9: Themes, Methods and Positioning * 10: A Neglected Legacy: The Bayan al-sa'ada and its Reception in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Centuries * Appendix I * Annotated Translation of Sultan 'Ali Shah's Introduction to the Bayan al-sa'ada fi maqamat al-'ibada * Appendix II * The Structure of the Bayan al-sa'ada through its Subheadings * Illustrations * Bibliography * Index of Qur'anic Citations * General Index
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