Jawanmardi

Jawanmardi
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : 9780748645992
ISBN-13 : 0748645993
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Book Synopsis Jawanmardi by : Lloyd Ridgeon

Download or read book Jawanmardi written by Lloyd Ridgeon and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did medieval Sufis express their system of everyday morality? Sufism attracts much attention in the West, yet its ethical dimension is often overlooked. Jawanmardi--a key element of Persian Sufism--was the ethic that encouraged the Sufi to put others before himself and to overlook the sins committed by others, representing a humane and liberal understanding of Islam. Many writers in the Persian tradition wrote about jawanmardi and this book presents three of the key medieval texts in translation: Kitab al-futuwwa by Shihab al-Din Umar Suhrawardi, Futuwwat nama of Mirza 'Abd al-'Azim Khan Qarib, and Risala -yi Hatim al-Tayy by Husayn Wa'iz-i Kashifi. The texts are drawn from across the medieval period, reflecting different timeframes and audiences. This allows the reader to identify shifts in the ethic of jawanmardi and Sufism more generally


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