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The Will to Be Unveiled: Sufi Autobiographies in Classical Sufism

The Will to Be Unveiled: Sufi Autobiographies in Classical Sufism While autobiography as a special genre increasingly occupies an important position in modern scholarship, independent Sufi autobiographies still require additional and detailed examination. The current paper seeks to examine two spiritual autobiographies known very well in the history of Sufism: Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī's Badʾ shaʾn, and Rūzbihān al-Baqlī's Kashf al-asrār. References to these works in modern research do not go beyond the assumption that they may represent visionary autobiographies, dreams, and mystical, extraordinary experiences and states. In the framework of this paper, we consider it essential to regard both texts as serious indicators of different realities, contexts, and mystic discourses. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean Taylor & Francis

The Will to Be Unveiled: Sufi Autobiographies in Classical Sufism

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The Will to Be Unveiled: Sufi Autobiographies in Classical Sufism

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While autobiography as a special genre increasingly occupies an important position in modern scholarship, independent Sufi autobiographies still require additional and detailed examination. The current paper seeks to examine two spiritual autobiographies known very well in the history of Sufism: Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī's Badʾ shaʾn, and Rūzbihān al-Baqlī's Kashf al-asrār. References to these works in modern research do not go beyond the...
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10.1080/09503110.2012.684745
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Abstract

While autobiography as a special genre increasingly occupies an important position in modern scholarship, independent Sufi autobiographies still require additional and detailed examination. The current paper seeks to examine two spiritual autobiographies known very well in the history of Sufism: Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī's Badʾ shaʾn, and Rūzbihān al-Baqlī's Kashf al-asrār. References to these works in modern research do not go beyond the assumption that they may represent visionary autobiographies, dreams, and mystical, extraordinary experiences and states. In the framework of this paper, we consider it essential to regard both texts as serious indicators of different realities, contexts, and mystic discourses.

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Al-Masaq: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean – Taylor & Francis

Published: Aug 1, 2012

Keywords: Autobiography – Arabic; Arabic literature – autobiography; Sufism – literature; mysticism – Islamic; al-Tirmidhī, al-Ḣakim, theosophist; al-Baqlī, Rūzbihān, mystic

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