Salvation and Destiny in Islam

I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Medieval Islamic philosophers were occupied with questions of cosmology, predestination and salvation and human responsibility for actions. For Ismailis, the related notions of religious leadership, namely the imamate, and the eschatol...

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description I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Medieval Islamic philosophers were occupied with questions of cosmology, predestination and salvation and human responsibility for actions. For Ismailis, the related notions of religious leadership, namely the imamate, and the eschatological role of the prophets and imams were equally central. These were also a matter of doctrinal controversy within the so-called Iranian school of Ismaili philosophical theology. Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (d. after 411/1020) was one of the most important theologians in the Fatimid period, who rose to prominence during the reign of the imam-caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 386/996–411/1021). He is renowned for blending the Neoplatonic philosophical heritage with Ismaili religious tradition. This book provides an analysis of al-Kirmani’s thought and sheds new light on the many layers of allusion which characterise his writings. Through a translation and analytical commentary of the eighth chapter of al-Kirmani’s Kitab al-Riyad (Book of Meadows), which is devoted to the subject of divine preordination and human redemption, Maria De Cillis shows readers first-hand his theologically distinctive interpretation of qada’ and qadar (divine decree and destiny). Here, al-Kirmani attempts to harmonise the views of earlier renowned Ismaili missionaries, Abu Hatim Ahmad b. Hamdan al-Razi (d. 322/934), Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Nasafi (d. 331/942) and Abu Ya'qub Ishaq b. Ahmad al-Sijistani (d. c. 361/971). De Cillis skilfully guides the reader through al-Kirmani’s metaphysical and esoteric correspondences, offering new insights into Shi’i/Ismaili philosophical thought which will be of great interest to those in the field of Shi’i studies and, more broadly, to scholars of medieval philosophy. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Institute of Ismaili Studies LTD.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1591552025-05-15T04:05:09Z Salvation and Destiny in Islam Cillis, Maria De Medieval philosophy Philosophy of religion Social groups: religious groups and communities I.B. Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies Medieval Islamic philosophers were occupied with questions of cosmology, predestination and salvation and human responsibility for actions. For Ismailis, the related notions of religious leadership, namely the imamate, and the eschatological role of the prophets and imams were equally central. These were also a matter of doctrinal controversy within the so-called Iranian school of Ismaili philosophical theology. Hamid al-Din al-Kirmani (d. after 411/1020) was one of the most important theologians in the Fatimid period, who rose to prominence during the reign of the imam-caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 386/996–411/1021). He is renowned for blending the Neoplatonic philosophical heritage with Ismaili religious tradition. This book provides an analysis of al-Kirmani’s thought and sheds new light on the many layers of allusion which characterise his writings. Through a translation and analytical commentary of the eighth chapter of al-Kirmani’s Kitab al-Riyad (Book of Meadows), which is devoted to the subject of divine preordination and human redemption, Maria De Cillis shows readers first-hand his theologically distinctive interpretation of qada’ and qadar (divine decree and destiny). Here, al-Kirmani attempts to harmonise the views of earlier renowned Ismaili missionaries, Abu Hatim Ahmad b. Hamdan al-Razi (d. 322/934), Muhammad b. Ahmad al-Nasafi (d. 331/942) and Abu Ya'qub Ishaq b. Ahmad al-Sijistani (d. c. 361/971). De Cillis skilfully guides the reader through al-Kirmani’s metaphysical and esoteric correspondences, offering new insights into Shi’i/Ismaili philosophical thought which will be of great interest to those in the field of Shi’i studies and, more broadly, to scholars of medieval philosophy. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by The Institute of Ismaili Studies LTD. 2025-05-09T08:50:56Z 2025-05-09T08:50:56Z 2025-05-08T11:44:32Z 2018 book ONIX_20250508_9781786735508_11 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/101406 9781786735508 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/159155 eng Shi'i Heritage Series open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/101406/1/9781786735508.pdf Bloomsbury Academic I.B. Tauris 10.5040/9781788319942 10.5040/9781788319942 f75587da-2374-4722-9d42-9fffa7fa3f92 9781786735508 I.B. Tauris 288 London open access
spellingShingle Medieval philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Social groups: religious groups and communities
Salvation and Destiny in Islam
title Salvation and Destiny in Islam
title_full Salvation and Destiny in Islam
title_fullStr Salvation and Destiny in Islam
title_full_unstemmed Salvation and Destiny in Islam
title_short Salvation and Destiny in Islam
title_sort salvation and destiny in islam
topic Medieval philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Social groups: religious groups and communities
topic_facet Medieval philosophy
Philosophy of religion
Social groups: religious groups and communities
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