Download or read book The Essence of Reality written by ʿAyn al-Quḍāt and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Essence of Reality consists of one hundred brief chapters interspersed with Qur anic verses, prophetic sayings, Sufi maxims, and poetry. The book takes readers on a philosophical journey, with expositions of questions including the problem of the eternity of the world; the nature of God's essence and attributes; the concepts of "before" and "after"; and the soul's relationship to the body"--