{"product_id":"the-written-world-of-god","title":"The Written World Of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDunja Rašić\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback, 230 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9781905937684\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Cosmic Script and the Art of Ibn ʿArabī\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExistence is a letter, you are its meaning\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd in the world of creation I have no hope other than Him\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e– Ibn ʿArabī\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis ground-breaking book introduces readers to one of the fundamental areas of symbolical knowledge in Sufism: the letters of the Arabic alphabet. For the first time in English there is a systematic overview of the science of letters (ʿilm al-ḥurūf) according to the great Andalusian spiritual master, scholar, poet and philosopher Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIbn ʿArabī defined the science of letters as familiarity with the building-blocks of the sacred Qur’anic revelation and everything in the world of Nature. Letters are understood as visual and aural signs pointing to the mysteries of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book examines how the universe came to be, for what purpose it was created and the hierarchical structure it is endowed with.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis work contains over 60 images and illustrations, with many of Ibn ʿArabī’s own diagrams and drawings. These give a visual aid for how the meanings carried by the letters fully encompass the whole of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDunja Rašić is a research fellow at the University of Belgrade. Her expertise is in the Islamic philosophy of language, palaeography and Sufism, and this is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 1: The Cosmic Script\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- The Letters and the Science of Letters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- The Path of Reflection and the Path of Revelation\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 2: The Act of Genesis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- The Breath of the All-Merciful\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- The Isolated Alif as the Divine Essence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- The Creator and the Created, as Symbolised by the Cherubim Letters and the Star of Lam-ALif\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Image of the Primordial Cloud and All It Contains: Hamza and Its Elongations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- The Throne and the Heavenly Spheres\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Za, Tha, Dhal, Fa, Ba, and Mim: The Six Kingdoms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Conquest of the Great City: The Letter Was and the Step-levels of Spiritual Development\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anqa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500784828451,"sku":"9781905937684","price":55.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/L1000632.jpg?v=1636443643","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.live\/products\/the-written-world-of-god","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}