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The 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补-yi kab墨r (鈥楪reat Book of Eternity鈥) was the magnum opus of Fa岣峫 All膩h Astar膩b膩d墨 (d. 796/1394) and provided the basis of the 岣r奴f墨 movement. Today it is one of the most important known texts belonging to the mystical and messianic current that became particularly active in Iran and Anatolia following the Mongol rule. It illuminates the contemporary reconfiguration of religious and political authority along messianic and charismatic lines that took place in the Islamic East, which arguably contributed to the rise and consolidation of the Ottoman, Safawid and Mughal dynasties. Words of Power is the first comprehensive study of Fa岣峫 All膩h’s seminal work. Orkhan Mir-Kasimov summarises Fa岣峫 All膩h’s biography, charts the history of the 岣r奴f墨 movement, contextualises the 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补 within Islamic intellectual history, and considers its lasting impact in the Muslim world.
Note on Transliteration and Conventions
Preface and Acknowledgements
Introduction
Fa岣峫 All膩h Astar膩b膩d墨 and his Followers
Overview of Academic Research and the Purpose of the Present Book
Puzzle of Fragments: Structure and Language of the 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补-yi kab墨r
Part I. Cosmogony and Cosmology: The Language of the Creation
1. Primordial Unity: The Semantics of the Creation
2. Manifestation of the Invisible: The Morphology of the Creation
3. Adam and Eve: The Form of the Word
4. Excursus on Knowledge and Love
5. Time: The Receptacle of the Word
6. The Universe: Diversity in the Unity of the Word
Part II : Prophetology: The Descent of the Word and its Return to the Origin
7. Adam and Eve: The Prototype of Prophetic Experience and the Personification of the Prophetic Cycle
8. The Revelation (罢补苍锄墨濒): From the Divine to the Human Language
9. From the Human Word to the Divine Word: Stages of the Return to the Origin (罢补示飞墨濒)
Joseph: The 罢补示飞墨濒 of Compound Units
Moses: Fragmentation and 罢补示飞墨濒
Solomon: The 鈥楲anguage of the Birds鈥
10. Jesus and Mu岣mmad: The 鈥楳otherly鈥 (鲍尘尘墨) Prophets between 罢补苍锄墨濒 and 罢补示飞墨濒
Jesus, Son of Mary
Mu岣mmad and the Revelation of the 鈥楳other of the Book鈥
11. From Idr墨s to Moses: Other Significant Features of the Prophetic Missions
Part III : Soteriology and Eschatology
12. Ways of Individual Salvation: Paradise of Knowledge and Hell of Ignorance
13. The Last Stage of the Cycle of the Word: The 鲍尘尘墨s and the End of Time
Conclusion: The 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补 in the Context of Islamic Thought
The 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补 as Qur示膩nic Commentary
The 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补, Sufism and Esoteric Shi士ism
The Messianic Project of the 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补 and the Use of Christian Apocalyptic Texts
Final Notes
Glossary of Key Technical Terms
Inventory I: 岣d墨ths and Sayings
Inventory II: Biblical Citations
Index of Qur示膩nic Quotations
Persian Text of the Citations
Anonymous Note concerning the Thematic Organisation of the Fragments of the 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补
Citations from the 闯腻飞颈诲腻苍-苍腻尘补
Citations from the Works of Fa岣峫 All膩h鈥檚 Followers
Astar膩b膩d墨 Vocabulary
Bibliography
General Index
Orkhan Mir-Kasimov obtained his PhD in Islamic studies from the 脡cole Pratique des Hautes 脡tudes (Sorbonne University, Paris), and has lectured at the 脡cole Pratique as well as the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilisations (INALCO) in Paris. He is currently a Research Associate at 久久久福利国产 in London. He has published several articles and book chapters on various aspects of 岣r奴f墨 thought as well as on broader issues related to Islamic mysticism and messianism. His edited volume, Unity in Diversity: Mysticism, Messianism and the Construction of Religious Authority in Islam, was published in 2013.