| Description |
249 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Great Islamic thinkers |
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Great Islamic thinkers.
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| Note |
Originally a Ph. D. thesis--University of London. |
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Previously published as Rábiʻa [: the life & work of Rábiʻa and other women mystics in Islám] by Oneworld, 1994. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-241) and index. |
| Contents |
I: The life of Rábiʻa. Rábiʻa al-ʻAdawiyya: her birth and early years -- Rábiʻa's choice of celibacy -- Rábiʻa's asceticism and prayer-life -- Miracles -- Rábiʻa's declining years -- II: Rábiʻa's teaching and writings. The Súfí doctrine -- Repentance, patience, gratitude -- Hope and fear -- Poverty, renunciation, unification, dependence -- Love, gnosis, the vision, union -- III: Women mystics in Islám. The position of woman in Muslim lands -- The position attained by the woman saint -- Celibacy and the monastic life -- The communion of saints -- The cult of women saints in modern Islám. |
| Summary |
This book is an authoritative account of the life and teachings of the ninth-century Muslim saint, Rabi'a, and represents the first complete biography of this unique individual. Discussing the place of Rabi'a in Islamic tradition, Dr Smith offers a survey of the female saints and mystics of the Muslim world, providing an unusual insight into women's impressive contribution to the rich heritage of Islam. |
| Subject |
Rābiʻah al-ʻAdawīyah, -801?
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Women mystics -- Biography.
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Muslim women saints.
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Women in Islam.
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Sufism -- Doctrines.
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| Added Title |
Rābiʻa the Mystic & her fellow-saints in Islām
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Smith, Margaret, 1884-1970. Rābiʻa the Mystic & her fellow-saints in Islām. Muslim women mystics. Oxford : Oneworld, c2001 (OCoLC)609537331 |
| ISBN |
1851682503 |
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9781851682508 |
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