Sufism: Veil and Quintessence : a New Translation with Selected LettersWorld Wisdom, Inc, 2006 - 196 páginas "This revised and expanded edition of Frithjof Schuon's Sufism: Veil and Quintessence contains: a new translation of this classic work; previously unpublished correspondence by Frithjob Schuon; an editor's preface by James S. |
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... nature . When one speaks of a doctrinal “ quintessence ” , this can be either of two things : first , the loftiest and subtlest part of a doctrine , and it is in this sense that Sufis distinguish between the “ husk ” ( qishr ) and the ...
... nature . When one speaks of a doctrinal “ quintessence ” , this can be either of two things : first , the loftiest and subtlest part of a doctrine , and it is in this sense that Sufis distinguish between the “ husk ” ( qishr ) and the ...
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... nature one must always perceive the intention behind the expression and not misconstrue it because of some formal ... natural to “ embellish ” an expression by making it less direct and , from his point of view , all the more rich ...
... nature one must always perceive the intention behind the expression and not misconstrue it because of some formal ... natural to “ embellish ” an expression by making it less direct and , from his point of view , all the more rich ...
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... nature , vocation , duty , and destiny.2 In a similar manner , when the Prophet said that “ those who receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be those who imitate what God has created ” or “ who make representa ...
... nature , vocation , duty , and destiny.2 In a similar manner , when the Prophet said that “ those who receive the severest punishment on the Day of Resurrection will be those who imitate what God has created ” or “ who make representa ...
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... Nature — of God or that he considers perfection under the aspect of obedience ; but here again a spiritual sublimity entails a logical or rhetorical defect , for apart from the fact that the Koran does not ordain that any believer ...
... Nature — of God or that he considers perfection under the aspect of obedience ; but here again a spiritual sublimity entails a logical or rhetorical defect , for apart from the fact that the Koran does not ordain that any believer ...
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... nature of things . For example : according to tradition , the houris wear seventy dresses , but at the same time they are transparent and one can see the marrow flowing in their bones— “ like liquid and luminous honey , ” we are told ...
... nature of things . For example : according to tradition , the houris wear seventy dresses , but at the same time they are transparent and one can see the marrow flowing in their bones— “ like liquid and luminous honey , ” we are told ...
Termos e frases comuns
Absolute accentuation according Advaita Vedānta ahādīth Allāh Arabic Aryan beauty believe Bhagavad Gītā Book of Keys Brahma certitude Christian contrary Dhikr divine doctrine editor's note element esoterism Essence everything evil Exo-Esoteric Symbiosis expression fact faith Faqr fideists Frithjof Schuon fundamental Ghazzali gnosis hadith hand heart hence Hindu Hinduism Holy human Hyperbolism Ibn Arabi ilāha illā immanent includes Infinite inspiration intellection intelligence Islam knowledge Koran language literally Llāh logic Manifestation Māyā means mentality Mercy metaphysical moral Muhammad Muslim mystery mystical Name nature nonetheless outward Paradise paradoxical perspective philosophy pious point of view possible practice prayer precisely Principle priori Prophet qualities question Rahmah reality reason regard religion religious remembrance sacred saint Sanskrit Semitic sense Shahadah shariah soul speaking spiritual Sufi Sufism Sunnah Surah Symbiosis symbolism theology things thou tion traditional transcendent true truth Unity universal unto vaishya Vedānta veil virtue whereas wisdom words
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