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Roads to Paradise Volume 1 Islamic History and Civilization studies and texts Editorial Board Hinrich Biesterfeldt Sebastian Günther Honorary Editor Wadad Kadi VOLUME 136/1 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/ihc Roads to Paradise Eschatology and Concepts of the Hereafter in Islam Volume 1 Foundations and Formation of a Tradition Reflections on the Hereafter in the Quran and Islamic Religious Thought Edited by Sebastian Günther and Todd Lawson With the Assistance of Christian Mauder LEIDEN | BOSTON Cover illustration: Ḥūrīs in Paradise, Miʿrājnāme, Herat, 1430s. BnF Supplement Turc 190 – Fol. 49r. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Gunther, Sebastian. | Lawson, Todd, 1948– | Mauder, Christian. Title: Roads to paradise : eschatology and concepts of the hereafter in Islam / edited by Sebastian Gunther, Todd Lawson, with the assistance of Christian Mauder. Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017] | Series: Islamic history and civilization, ISSN 0929-2403 ; volume 136 | Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Volume 1. Foundations and the formation of a tradition. Reflections on the hereafter in the Quran and Islamic religious thought— Volume 2. Continuity and Change. The Plurality of Eschatological Representations in the Islamicate World (Set) Identifiers: LCCN 2016046348 (print) | LCCN 2016047258 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004333130 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004330948 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004330955 (hardback : alk. paper) | ISBN 9789004333154 (E-book) Subjects: LCSH: Islamic eschatology. | Future life—Islam. | Islamic eschatology—Qurʾanic teaching. | Future life—Islam—Qurʾanic teaching. Classification: LCC BP166.8 .R63 2017 (print) | LCC BP166.8 (ebook) | DDC 297.2/3—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016046348 Typeface for the Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic scripts: “Brill”. See and download: brill.com/brill-typeface. issn 0929-2403 isbn 978-90-04-33313-0 (hardback, set) isbn 978-90-04-33094-8 (hardback, vol. 1) isbn 978-90-04-33095-5 (hardback, vol. 2) isbn 978-90-04-33315-4 (e-book) Copyright 2017 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Brill Hes & De Graaf, Brill Nijhoff, Brill Rodopi and Hotei Publishing. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper and produced in a sustainable manner. Dedicated to the memory of Michael E. Marmura, born in Jerusalem, Palestine, 11 November 1929, passed away in Antigonish, Canada, 17 September 2009. His unique example and inspiration as a scholar, friend, teacher, and human being continues. ∵ Contents VOLUME 1 Foundations and Formation of a Tradition: Reflections on the Hereafter in the Quran and Islamic Religious Thought Zum Geleit xv Josef van Ess Acknowledgments xxvi List of Illustrations xxix Note on Transliteration and Style xxxii Abbreviations xxxiv List of Contributors xxxvii 1 Introduction 1 Sebastian Günther and Todd Lawson PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY – CONFERENCE OPENING ADDRESSES The Paths to Reality are as Diverse as the Souls of Humanity 2 Paradise Lost 31 Tilman Nagel 3 The Path to Paradise from an Islamic Viewpoint 39 Mahmoud Zakzouk Part 1 Paradise, Hell, and Afterlife in the Quran and Quranic Exegesis 4 Quranic Paradise: How to Get to Paradise and What to Expect There 49 Muhammad Abdel Haleem viii CONTENTS 5 Paradise as a Quranic Discourse: Late Antique Foundations and Early Quranic Developments 67 Angelika Neuwirth 6 Paradise in the Quran and the Music of Apocalypse 93 Todd Lawson 7 Paradise and Nature in the Quran and Pre-Islamic Poetry 136 Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila 8 Dying in the Path of God: Reading Martyrdom and Moral Excellence in the Quran 162 Asma Afsaruddin 9 The Poetics of Islamic Eschatology: Narrative, Personification, and Colors in Muslim Discourse 181 Sebastian Günther Part 2 The Pleasures of Paradise 10 “Reclining upon Couches in the Shade” (Q 35:56): Quranic Imagery in Rationalist Exegesis 221 Andrew J. Lane 11 Delights in Paradise: A Comparative Survey of Heavenly Food and Drink in the Quran 251 Ailin Qian 12 Strategies for Paradise: Paradise Virgins and Utopia 271 Maher Jarrar 13 Beauty in the Garden: Aesthetics and the Wildān, Ghilmān, and Ḥūr 295 Nerina Rustomji CONTENTS ix Part 3 The Afterlife in Sunni Tradition and Theology 14 “Are Men the Majority in Paradise, or Women?” Constructing Gender and Communal Boundaries in Muslim b. al-Ḥajjāj’s (d. 261/875) Kitāb al-Janna 311 Aisha Geissinger 15 The ‘Eight Gates of Paradise’ Tradition in Islam: A Genealogical and Structural Study 341 Christian Lange 16 Temporary Hellfire Punishment and the Making of Sunni Orthodoxy 371 Feras Hamza 17 Paradise and Hell in the Kitāb al-Jihād of ʿAlī b. Ṭāhir al-Sulamī (d. 500/1106) 407 Niall Christie 18 Al-Ghazālī on Resurrection and the Road to Paradise 422 Wilferd Madelung 19 Sleepless in Paradise: Lying in State between This World and the Next 428 Dorothee Pielow Part 4 A Wise Man’s Paradise – Eschatology and Philosophy 20 Paradise in Islamic Philosophy 445 Michael E. Marmura 21 The Orthodox Conception of the Hereafter: Saʿd al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī’s (d. 793/1390) Examination of Some Muʿtazilī and Philosophical Objections 468 Thomas Würtz x CONTENTS 22 ‘Being-Towards-Resurrectionʼ: Mullā Ṣadrā’s Critique of Suhrawardī’s Eschatology 487 Hermann Landolt 23 A Philosopher’s Itinerary for the Afterlife: Mullā Ṣadrā on Paths to Felicity 534 Mohammed Rustom Part 5 The Path beyond this World – Vision and Spiritual Experience of the Hereafter 24 Muslim Visuality and the Visibility of Paradise and the World 555 Simon O’Meara 25 A Garden beyond the Garden: ʿAyn al-Quḍāt Hamadānī’s Perspective on Paradise 566 Maryam Moazzen 26 Beyond Paradise: The Mystical Path to God and the Concept of Martyrdom in ʿAṭṭār’s Conference of the Birds 579 Katja Föllmer Part 6 Unity in Variety – Shiʿism and Other Muslim Identities 27 “And the Earth will Shine with the Light of its Lord” (Q 39:69): Qāʾim and qiyāma in Shiʿi Islam 605 Omid Ghaemmaghami 28 Paradise as the Abode of Pure Knowledge: Reconsidering al-Muʾayyad’s “Ismaʿili Neoplatonism” 649 Elizabeth Alexandrin 29 Notions of Paradise in the Ismaʿili Works of Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī 662 S.J. 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