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Beyond Dogma This page intentionally left blank Beyond Dogma Rumi’s Teachings on Friendship with God and Early Sufi Theories z By JAWID MOJADDEDI 3 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offi ces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Copyright © 2012 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Mojaddedi, J. A. (Jawid Ahmad) Beyond dogma : Rumi’s teachings on friendship with God and early Sufi theories / by Jawid Mojaddedi. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-19-536923-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207–1273—Criticism and interpretation. 2. Sufi sm. 3. God (Islam)—Knowableness. I. Title. PK6482.M65 2012 297.4092—dc23 2011029081 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper For Negin This page intentionally left blank Contents Abbreviations ix Note on the Text xi Introduction 3 1 . The Sources 9 2 . Friendship with God in Relation to Prophethood 28 3 . Divine Communication 63 4 . The Friend of God and the Shariah 91 5 . The Friend of God and Miracles 136 Conclusion 159 Notes 169 Bibliography 197 Index 205 This page intentionally left blank Abbreviations EI2 E ncyclopaedia of Islam , 2nd Edition EIr E ncyclopaedia Iranica EQ E ncyclopaedia of the Qur’an F Rumi, Fīhi mā fīh KB Kharrāz, K itāb al-Kashf wa’l-bayān (in Sāmarrā (cid:2) ī, ed., al-Rasā (cid:2) il ) KM Hujwīrī, K ashf al-Mah.jūb L Sarrāj, Kitāb al-Luma (cid:3) fi ’l-tas.awwuf M Rumi, M athnawī MA Afl ākī, M anāqib al- (cid:3) ārifīn R Qushayrī, al-Risāla al-Qushayriyya S Tirmidhī, Sīrat al-awliyā (cid:2) (in Radtke, D rei Schriften des Theosophen von Tirmiḍ ) T Kalābādhī, Kitāb al-Ta (cid:3) arruf
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