Sufism, Black and White
A Critical Edition of Kitāb al-Bayāḍ wa-l-Sawād by Abū l-Ḥasan al-Sīrjānī (d. ca.470/1077)
Edited by Bilal Orfali, American University of Beirut and Nada Saab, Lebanese American University
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Biographical note
Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut. He is the author of several articles and books on classical Arabic literature and Sufism.
Nada Saab, Ph.D. (2003), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Lebanese American University. Her research interests include medieval Sufi literature and theory, as well as the embodiments of this Sufi heritage in modern Arabic literature.
Nada Saab, Ph.D. (2003), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Lebanese American University. Her research interests include medieval Sufi literature and theory, as well as the embodiments of this Sufi heritage in modern Arabic literature.
Readership
All those interested in Sufism, Islamic Studies, Arabic Studies, and intellectual and social history.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
1. Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Kirmānī al-Sīrjānī, His Life, and Legacy
2. K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.1. The Author’s Voice
2.2. Problematics of the Title of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.3. Signification of Color in K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.4. Ḥikma as a Guiding and Transforming Agent
2.5. The Construction of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.6. The ‘History’ of the Sufis
2.7. Conclusion of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.8. Sources of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
3. The Manuscripts of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
3.1. MS Landberg 64 “ب”
3.2. MS Āyat Allāh Marʿashī Najafī 117 “ق”
3.3. MS British Library Board Or 12632 “ل”
4. Technical Observations about the Critical Edition of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
5. Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
1. Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Kirmānī al-Sīrjānī, His Life, and Legacy
2. K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.1. The Author’s Voice
2.2. Problematics of the Title of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.3. Signification of Color in K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.4. Ḥikma as a Guiding and Transforming Agent
2.5. The Construction of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.6. The ‘History’ of the Sufis
2.7. Conclusion of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
2.8. Sources of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
3. The Manuscripts of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
3.1. MS Landberg 64 “ب”
3.2. MS Āyat Allāh Marʿashī Najafī 117 “ق”
3.3. MS British Library Board Or 12632 “ل”
4. Technical Observations about the Critical Edition of K. al-Bayāḍ wa-l-sawād
5. Illustrations
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