Sufism, Black and White: A Critical Edition of Kitāb al-Bayāḍ wa-l-Sawād by Abū l-Ḥasan al-Sīrjānī (d. ca. 470/1077) edited by Bilal Orfali and Nada Saab

Authors : Hikmet YAMAN

Pages : 275-278

Doi:10.12730/13091719.2013.42.92

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Publication Date : 2014-06-12

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :First paragraph: Most of the works that constitute the earliest Sufi corpus of the 2nd/8th and 3rd/9th centuries have been lost in their original forms, leaving large gaps in the source material available to contemporary scholars carrying out research in the field. Many Sufi concepts can only be examined in the works of later authors, such as al-Sarrāj insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. 378/988);, al-Kalābādhī insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. 380/990);, al-Makkī insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. 386/996);, Abū Nuʿaym insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. 430/1039);, al-Qushayrī insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. 465/1074);, and al-Hujwīrī insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. ca. 465/1072);. Orfali and Saab’s edition of Abū l-Ḥasan al-Sīrjānī’s 5th/11th century collection of early Sufi sayings, Kitāb al-bayāḍ wa-l-sawād min khaṣāʾiṣ ḥikam al-ʿibād fī naʿt al-murīd wa-l-murād, is one of the sources in this category that can be used to reflect and reconstruct the earliest treatments of Sufi concepts and figures.
Keywords : Sufism, Black and White, Kitāb al Bayāḍ wa l Sawād, Abū l Ḥasan al Sīrjānī

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