Kashf al-Asrar: The Unveiling of the Mysteries (Great Commentaries of the Holy Qur'an)

DESCRIPTION:

The volume is arranged in the order of the chapter and verses of the Qur'an and 1,500 pages of Persian text. There are 97 chapters, each corresponding to one Qur'anic chapter (which is to say that 17 of the short chapters do not have commentaries). Each chapter consists of explanations of from one or two to as many as 85 verses. Topics include most of the major issues in Islamic theology, metaphysics, cosmology, and spiritual psychology. The language is relatively simple and poetic, making the book much easier to access than any Qur'anic commentary now available in English, not to mention the numerous impenetrable tomes of Islamic thought.

DETAILS:

ISBN: 9781891785221
AUTHOR: Rashid al-Din Maybudi (Author), William C. Chittick (Translator)
BINDING: Paperback
PAGES: 800 pages
DIMENSIONS: A4 Size
PUBLISHER: Fons Vitae

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:

William C. Chittick is a professor of religious studies in the department of Asian and Asian-American studies at Stony Brook University. He is author and translator of many books and articles on Ibn 'Arabî, Rûmî, and other Muslim thinkers. His more recent works include Divine Love: Islamic Literature and the Path to God and In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought. He lives in New York.