New Books in Religion

Omneya Ayad, "Love in Sufi Literature: Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Understanding of the Divine Word" (Routledge, 2023)


Listen Later

Love in Sufi Literature: Ibn ‘Ajiba’s Understanding of the Divine Word (Routledge, 2023) explores the role of divine love in the Quranic commentary of the Moroccan Sufi scholar Aḥmad Ibn ʿAjība (d. 1224/1809). Through close textual analysis of Ibn ʿAjība’s exegesis al-Baḥr al-madīdThe Abundant Ocean—and drawing on his other Sufi writings the book illuminates the scholar’s theory of divine love, drawn from his scholarly antecedents, to elucidate its role and the scholar’s impact on the wider field of Quranic scholarship. This close analysis is supplemented by a comparative approach focusing on several other eminent and influential Sufi commentaries.

What is displayed is that Ibn ʿAjība’s exegesis connected theoretical works on the concept of divine love to their practical application, a breakthrough in Sufi literature. The study situates Ibn ‘Ajība’s thought in theological and historical perspective, engaging with his mystical approach which integrates his theory of divine love with other Sufi doctrines in an accessible manner. As such, the Moroccan scholar’s work left an indelible impact on future generations of Quranic exegetes within North Africa and across the Islamic world.

Love in Sufi Literature makes important contributions to the study of Sufism, Islam in North Africa, and late pre-modern Islamic intellectual history.

Omneya Ayad is Assistant Professor of Sufi Studies at Üsküdar University in Istanbul, Türkiye.

Yaseen Christian Andrewsen is a DPhil Candidate at the University of Oxford specialising in Islamic intellectual history in West Africa, focused on issues in Sufism, theology, and authority. Yaseen is a co-host for the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

New Books in ReligionBy New Books Network

  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3
  • 4.3

4.3

27 ratings


More shows like New Books in Religion

View all
Open Source with Christopher Lydon by Christopher Lydon

Open Source with Christopher Lydon

1,025 Listeners

In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,389 Listeners

Radiolab by WNYC Studios

Radiolab

43,967 Listeners

New Books in History by Marshall Poe

New Books in History

209 Listeners

New Books in Psychoanalysis by Marshall Poe

New Books in Psychoanalysis

193 Listeners

New Books in Military History by Marshall Poe

New Books in Military History

162 Listeners

New Books in African American Studies by New Books Network

New Books in African American Studies

161 Listeners

New Books in Anthropology by New Books Network

New Books in Anthropology

49 Listeners

New Books in Christian Studies by Marshall Poe

New Books in Christian Studies

16 Listeners

New Books in Political Science by New Books Network

New Books in Political Science

63 Listeners

New Books in Literary Studies by New Books Network

New Books in Literary Studies

23 Listeners

New Books in Philosophy by New Books Network

New Books in Philosophy

110 Listeners

New Books in Native American Studies by Marshall Poe

New Books in Native American Studies

104 Listeners

The LRB Podcast by The London Review of Books

The LRB Podcast

293 Listeners

New Books in Critical Theory by Marshall Poe

New Books in Critical Theory

143 Listeners

New Books in Intellectual History by New Books Network

New Books in Intellectual History

61 Listeners

Philosophize This! by Stephen West

Philosophize This!

15,093 Listeners

London Review Bookshop Podcast by London Review Bookshop

London Review Bookshop Podcast

128 Listeners

Philosophy For Our Times by IAI

Philosophy For Our Times

304 Listeners

Holy Smoke by The Spectator

Holy Smoke

129 Listeners

Why Theory by Why Theory

Why Theory

565 Listeners

Politics Theory Other by Politics Theory Other

Politics Theory Other

154 Listeners

Acid Horizon by Acid Horizon

Acid Horizon

175 Listeners

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman by Bart Ehrman

Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman

605 Listeners

Past Present Future by David Runciman

Past Present Future

321 Listeners