SULTAN WALAD

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-887752-17-6
Verlag: FONS VITAE

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: The Fons Vitae Rumi Series

This book is an introduction to the much neglected life and works of Sultan Walad, Rumi’s son and interpreter who had extraordinary Sufi teachers: his father, Shams-e Tabrizi, and (after the latter’s final disappearance) his father’s favorite disciple, Salah al-Din the goldsmith. After Rumi’s death (in 1273), Sultan Walad humbly and patiently accepted the leadership of his father’s chosen successor, Chalabi Husam al-Din (for twelve years) and another leading disciple of his father’s, Karim al-Din (for seven years) before becoming the overall leader of the emerging Mawlawi Order. During these years he worked to ensure the accuracy of copies of his father’s masterpiece of Islamic Sufism: the Mathnawi, as well as to compose a diwan (of collected poems), three mathnawis, and a book of prose—all of which express, in a generally simple manner, the profound mystical wisdom of his father and associates. This book is scholarly and thorough, as well as readable; it offers a rewarding exposition of the main teachings of Sufism during the era of Rumi and Shams.

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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam: Spiritualität & Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgements 10
- Foreword by Omid Safi 11
- Preface 29
- Notes on Transliterations 31
- List of Abbreviations 32
- Introduction: Some Notes on the Main Sources and References 35
- Part One: The Life of Sultan Walad 49
- 1.1 His Semi-Hagiographical Life 49
- The Era of His Lifetime 49
- Sultan Walad’s Relations with Seljuq Rulers 51
- Sultan Walad’s Relations with Mongol Rulers 53
- Sufism During This Era 54
- Anatolian People in Sultan Walad’s Time 56
- His Semi-Hagiographical Life 58
- His Name and Family Members 58
- Sultan Walad and His Father 59
- Sultan Walad’s Marriages and Children 61
- Sultan Walad’s Love for Quniya (Konya) 64
- Sultan Walad’s Death 65
- 1.2 Sultan Walad’s Scholarly and Mystical Life and Works 66
- His Personality as a Scholar, an Artist, and a Sufi 66
- His Sufi Mentors: A Semi-Hagiographical Overview 69
- Sultan Walad the Sheikh, and His Successors 83
- His Works 84
- His References 106
- 1.3 His Legacy 107
- Part Two: Sufism in the Ma‘arif of Sultan Walad 125
- 2.1 Sultan Walad’s Understanding of Sufism 125
- Two Harmonious Mentors of Sultan Walad:Shams of Tabriz and his Tongue, Rumi 127
- The Innermost Soul of Shams [sirr-é Shams] orThe Secret Shams [Shams-é sirr] 149
- The Difference between Shams and Sultan Walad 159
- Conclusion of the Debate on Walad Branch-Shams Branch 163
- 2.2 Sultan Walad’s Attitude Towards ‘Alawism and Shi’ism 164
- 2.3 The Ma‘arif as a Key to Sul?an Walad’s Understanding of Popular-Operative Sufism 166
- Ascetic Renunciation [zuhd] 166
- The Saint [wali] and Sainthood [walaya] 169
- The Lower Soul [al-nafs] 174
- The Sheikh 178
- Wonders of the Saints [karamat] 183
- The Mystical Concert and Ecstatic Movements [sama‘] 184
- Spiritual Retreat [khalwat/chilla] 189
- Knowledge Pertaining to the Hidden World 193
- Death and the Hereafter 194
- Part Three: Theosophical Sufism Combinedwith Popular Sufism 201
- 3.1 Sul?an Walad’s Methodology in Examining Theosophical Topics 201
- Considering the Capacity for Understanding of Those Addressed 206
- Making Use of Parables and Examples 218
- Repetition 220
- Telling Some Divine Secrets Explicitly 221
- 3.2 Annihilation [fana’] 224
- 3.3 Divine Unity in Sul?an Walad’s Understanding of Sufism 232
- 3.3.1 Introduction to the History of the Understandingof the Unity of God [taw?id] in Sufism: From Unityof God to Unity of Being 232
- 3.3.2 Sul?an Walad’s Understanding of Divine Unity 244
- God, Man, and the Universe 246
- The Essential Meaning of Divine Unity 261
- Conclusion 265
- Endnotes 269
- Bibliography 329
- A. Manuscripts and Facsimiles 329
- B. Published Books 330
- C. Articles and Parts from Books 337
- D. Web Pages 341
- Appendix of Images
- Sixteenth Century Turkish Depictions 343
- Photos from the Mevlana Museum related to Sultan Walad 347
- Index 361