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Traité de l'amour
Ibn 'Arabî (560/1165-638/1240), le plus grand des maîtres de la spiritualité islamique, se devait d'écrire un traité sur l'amour, extrait de son oeuvre immense : Les Conquêtes mecquoises . Voici donc une traduction qui comble un manque en ce domaine et que nous attendions en raison de l'importance et de l'actualité de ce sujet.
L'Islam, dernière religion révélée, inclut l'amour dans sa divine Loi et, contrairement à l'opinion occidentale courante, lui fait une large place.
Dieu est tout à la fois l'Amant, l'Aimé et l'Amour. II crée par amour de Se faire connaître et Ses créatures sont les manifestations de cet amour. Elles sont donc toutes éminemment et essentiellement concernées par l'amour sous son triple aspect divin, spirituel et naturel. Chacun alors se sentira attiré et engagé à vivre cet amour décrit d'une manière si captivante et exhaustive.
Maurice Gloton, traducteur et présentateur expérimenté des maîtres du soufisme, s'est efforcé de rendre avec amour et beauté ce traité unique dans la littérature sacrée de tous les temps.
L'Islam, dernière religion révélée, inclut l'amour dans sa divine Loi et, contrairement à l'opinion occidentale courante, lui fait une large place.
Dieu est tout à la fois l'Amant, l'Aimé et l'Amour. II crée par amour de Se faire connaître et Ses créatures sont les manifestations de cet amour. Elles sont donc toutes éminemment et essentiellement concernées par l'amour sous son triple aspect divin, spirituel et naturel. Chacun alors se sentira attiré et engagé à vivre cet amour décrit d'une manière si captivante et exhaustive.
Maurice Gloton, traducteur et présentateur expérimenté des maîtres du soufisme, s'est efforcé de rendre avec amour et beauté ce traité unique dans la littérature sacrée de tous les temps.
315 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1986
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Ibn ʿArabi
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Universally known by the title of "Muhyi al-Din" (The Reviver of the Religion) and "al-Shaykh al-Akbar" (The Greatest Shaykh) Ibn 'Arabī (Arabic: ابن عربي) (July 28, 1165 - November 10, 1240) was an Arab Sufi Muslim mystic and philosopher. His full name was Abū 'Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-`Arabī al-Hāṭimī al-Ṭā'ī (أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن محمد بن العربي الحاتمي الطائي).
Muhammad ibn al-Arabi and his family moved to Seville when he was eight years old. In 1200 CE, at the age of thirty-five, he left Iberia for good, intending to make the hajj to Mecca. He lived in Mecca for some three years, where he began writing his Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Illuminations). In 1204, he left Mecca for Anatolia with Majd al-Dīn Isḥāq, whose son Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qunawī (1210-1274) would be his most influential disciple.
In 1223, he settled in Damascus, where he lived the last seventeen years of his life. He died at the age of 76 on 22 Rabi' II 638 AH/November 10, 1240CE, and his tomb in Damascus is still an important place of pilgrimage.
A vastly prolific writer, Ibn 'Arabī is generally known as the prime exponent of the idea later known as Waḥdat al-Wujūd (literally Unity of Being), though he did not use this term in his writings. His emphasis was on the true potential of the human being and the path to realising that potential and becoming the perfect or complete man (al-insān al-kāmil).
Some 800 works are attributed to Ibn 'Arabā, although only some have been authenticated. Recent research suggests that over 100 of his works have survived in manuscript form, although most printed versions have not yet been critically edited and include many errors.
Universally known by the title of "Muhyi al-Din" (The Reviver of the Religion) and "al-Shaykh al-Akbar" (The Greatest Shaykh) Ibn 'Arabī (Arabic: ابن عربي) (July 28, 1165 - November 10, 1240) was an Arab Sufi Muslim mystic and philosopher. His full name was Abū 'Abdullāh Muḥammad ibn 'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-`Arabī al-Hāṭimī al-Ṭā'ī (أبو عبد الله محمد بن علي بن محمد بن العربي الحاتمي الطائي).
Muhammad ibn al-Arabi and his family moved to Seville when he was eight years old. In 1200 CE, at the age of thirty-five, he left Iberia for good, intending to make the hajj to Mecca. He lived in Mecca for some three years, where he began writing his Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Illuminations). In 1204, he left Mecca for Anatolia with Majd al-Dīn Isḥāq, whose son Ṣadr al-Dīn al-Qunawī (1210-1274) would be his most influential disciple.
In 1223, he settled in Damascus, where he lived the last seventeen years of his life. He died at the age of 76 on 22 Rabi' II 638 AH/November 10, 1240CE, and his tomb in Damascus is still an important place of pilgrimage.
A vastly prolific writer, Ibn 'Arabī is generally known as the prime exponent of the idea later known as Waḥdat al-Wujūd (literally Unity of Being), though he did not use this term in his writings. His emphasis was on the true potential of the human being and the path to realising that potential and becoming the perfect or complete man (al-insān al-kāmil).
Some 800 works are attributed to Ibn 'Arabā, although only some have been authenticated. Recent research suggests that over 100 of his works have survived in manuscript form, although most printed versions have not yet been critically edited and include many errors.
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November 14, 2016
This is a gorgeous Sufi classic about love. There is of course lots of Islamic philosophy here as well but Ibn Arabi certainly has a far more "modern" take on love between men and women then the extremist clerics of modern-day fanatical elements of the Muslim world. A must for those who understand that one must not listen to the lunatic fringe to truly understand a people's and religion's great heritage.
April 29, 2024
Faut beaucoup de courage et de volonté pour avancer dans la voie, mais c'est un voyage qui vaut le coût, une quête pour une vie spirituel et tranquille.
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