Bedeviled: Jinn Doppelgangers in Islam and Akbarian Sufism
Dunja Rasic
Hardback, 220 pages
9781438496894
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A groundbreaking study of jinn doppelgƤngers and the problem of evil in Akbarian Sufism.
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Ghouls, ifrits, and a panoply of other jinn have long haunted Muslim cultures and societies. These also include jinn doppelgƤngers (qarÄ«n, pl. quranÄŹ¾), the little-studied and much-feared denizens of the hearts and blood of humans. This book seeks out jinn doppelgƤngers in the Islamic normative tradition, philosophy, folklore, and Sufi literature, with special emphasis on Akbarian Sufism.
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MuhĢ£yÄ« al-DÄ«n Ibn ŹæArabÄ« (d. 1240) wrote on jinn in substantial detail, uncovering the physiognomy, culture, and behavior of this unseen species. Akbarians believed that God assigned each human with an evil doppelgƤnger. Ibn ŹæArabÄ«ās reasoning as to why this was the case mirrors his attempts to expound the problem of evil in Islamic religious philosophy. No other Sufi, Ibn ŹæArabÄ« claimed, ever managed to get to the heart of this matter before him. As well as offering the reader knowledge and safety from evil, Ibn ŹæArabÄ«ās writings on jinnealogy tackle the even larger issues of spiritual ascension, predestination, and the human relationship to the Divine.
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Dunja Rasic
Hardback, 220 pages
9781438496894
Ā
A groundbreaking study of jinn doppelgƤngers and the problem of evil in Akbarian Sufism.
Ā
Ghouls, ifrits, and a panoply of other jinn have long haunted Muslim cultures and societies. These also include jinn doppelgƤngers (qarÄ«n, pl. quranÄŹ¾), the little-studied and much-feared denizens of the hearts and blood of humans. This book seeks out jinn doppelgƤngers in the Islamic normative tradition, philosophy, folklore, and Sufi literature, with special emphasis on Akbarian Sufism.
Ā
MuhĢ£yÄ« al-DÄ«n Ibn ŹæArabÄ« (d. 1240) wrote on jinn in substantial detail, uncovering the physiognomy, culture, and behavior of this unseen species. Akbarians believed that God assigned each human with an evil doppelgƤnger. Ibn ŹæArabÄ«ās reasoning as to why this was the case mirrors his attempts to expound the problem of evil in Islamic religious philosophy. No other Sufi, Ibn ŹæArabÄ« claimed, ever managed to get to the heart of this matter before him. As well as offering the reader knowledge and safety from evil, Ibn ŹæArabÄ«ās writings on jinnealogy tackle the even larger issues of spiritual ascension, predestination, and the human relationship to the Divine.
