Where the two seas meet
the Qur'ānic story of al-Khiḍr and Moses in Sufi commentaries as a model of spiritual guidance
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Word Count
79,750 words, Guess
Page Count
319 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL31096723M
- ISBN-139781891785900
- OCLC Control Number814373025
- OCLC Control Number851347216
- Library of Congress Control Number2012932338
Classifications
- LCCBP137.5.K5 H355 2013
Description
Examining how three medieval Sufi Qur'an commentators explained the story of Moses' journey with al-Khidr, this volume conveys various teachings about the path of Sufism and the nature of spiritual authority. These commentaries, translated for the first time, discuss essential themes of Sufism as written by practicing Sufi masters. As the text reflects on both the social and psychological dimensions of the master-disciple relationship in Sufism and distinguish between the instructing master (shaykh al-ta'lim) and the mentoring master (shaykh al-suhba), a comparison is also made between the Sufi interpretation of death, immortality, compassion, and inner knowledge and Ernest Becker's theory of the denial of death and the aspiration for both physical and symbolic immortality.
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