A Lover of God: The Ecstatic Sufi Nūrī (SUNY series in Islam)

By: Dora Zsom

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Synopsis: One of the so-called ecstatic (or intoxicated) Sufis of Baghdad, Abū Ḥusayn al-Nūrī (d. 907/8) was famous for his quasi-blasphemous utterances and shocking public behavior. He was often enraptured by a passionate love of God that led him to eccentric acts that scandalized both ordinary people and the religious authorities. Besides yielding to divine love and beauty, he would occasionally come near succumbing to bodily temptations and carnal passions. Despite Nūrī’s outrageous behavior, Junayd, the moderate or sober Sufi par excellence, held him in high esteem, kept corresponding with him, and commented upon his controversial ecstatic sayings. This book collects Nūrī’s literary legacy by surveying the sources for his life—poems, sayings, and comments on the Quran, including an exchange of letters between him and Junayd preserved in the Cairo Genizah—and by discussing the authorship of the Stations of the Hearts, which has been widely attributed to Nūrī.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 362 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781438498447
Related ISBNs:: 9781438498423, 9781438498430
Publisher:: State University of New York Press
Date of Addition:: 07/01/24
Copyrighted By:: State University of New York
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Poetry, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.