Arin Salamah-Qudsi
Biographic Data
| ID | 700854 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arin Salamah-Qudsi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arin |
| FAMILY NAME | Salamah-Qudsi |
| SIGNATURE | SALAMAH-QUDSI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Haifa |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6803-0802 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The non-human mystics of Islam
Animals appear in different kinds of sources in medieval Islam, from the Quran to animal fables and works of belles-lettres . This article benefits from previous research on Islam’s attitude towards animals, specifically from the viewpoint of the ascetic-mystical stream of Islam during its classical stage. It examines animals in early Sufi narrative material from three perspectives. The first is the theological-ethical perspective that both quest…
A Comprehensive Database for Early Islamic Thought and Spirituality. The Kitāb al-Luma ʿ by ʾAbū Naṣr as-Sarrāǧ aṭ-Ṭūsī (d. 378/988)
Intimate conversations ( Munājayāt ) and supplications ( Adʿiya ) in early Islamic literature
Between Words and Worlds
The purpose of this article is to examine the intersections between the corpus of sayings in the Sufi tradition and the changing realities in the period between the third/ninth and seventh/thirteenth centuries. The main hypothesis is that masters' sayings were neither expressions of abstract theories nor mere responses to changing forms of religious identities but rather a powerful engine for the shifts then occurring in the Sufi tradition as a w…
The Redemption of the Human Being in Islamic Tradition
This article examines the representation of human beings’ redemption in Islamic tradition with a special focus on the Sufi perspective. This is done using Islamic scriptures and semantics. There is no homogenous Sufi perspective on the question of human redemption. However, it is still worthwhile to look for references to human redemption in Sufi discussions of the high state of unification. The human being plays an essential role in this experie…
The Economics of Female Piety in Early Sufism
This paper examines the economics of female piety between the third/ninth and sixth/twelfth centuries. It traces Sufi approaches to poverty and working for a living (kasb) as well as kasb's intersection with marriage and women. Rereading Sufi and non-Sufi biographies and historiographies reveals that there were wealthy women who initiated marriage with renowned Sufis to gain spiritual blessings, and others who financially supported their husbands…
A new study model for Arabic Sufi prose
This paper sheds light on Arabic Sufi prose from the third/ninth to the seventh/thirteenth centuries. It begins with the “Sufi act,” a wide range of conditions that the Sufi embarks upon under the influence of the mystical states in his life, codes of behavior, interactions with others as well as his writing skills and activities. The paper then proposes a general study model for approaching Sufi prose based on its complex links with both the Suf…
Abū JaʻFar Ibn Yazdānyār's Rawḍat al-Murīdīn
Rawḍat al-murīdīn of Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥusayn Ibn Yazdānyār al-Hamadhānī is a distinguished Sufi manual of the early fifth/eleventh century. Though an early Sufi textbook, this work is relatively unknown when compared with other Sufi textbooks written prior to and after it. This article draws on Williams’ edition from 1957 in addition to two manuscripts held in Princeton and Istanbul, in order to examine this early Sufi work and to appra…
The exchange of letters in early Sufism
This paper introduces the exchange of letters in early Sufism, analyses the significance of these exchanges, and examines these documents not for their general literary qualities or for theoretical discussion of appropriate conduct but, rather, for actual data relating to personal and interpersonal relationships. Furthermore, this paper emphasizes the crucial need for creating a corpus of Sufi letters and pieces of correspondence. The discussion …
The Concept of jadhb and the Image of majdhūb in Sufi Teachings and Life in the Period between the Fourth/Tenth and the Tenth/Sixteenth Centuries
This paper discusses the theoretical basis of the Sufi term jadhb (the effortless attraction of man by God), and examines the different approaches towards the figure of majdhūb as developed and presented in Sufi compendia and both Sufi and non-Sufi biographies of the period between the fourth/tenth and the tenth/sixteenth centuries. It suggests that there are three major phases in the development of the theoretical basis of jadhb . The first stag…
Shiblī
Remarks on Al-Niffarī's Neglect in Early Sufi Literature
This short article seeks to re-evaluate the unique case of al-Niffarī and the sophisticated framework of his total omission in the great Sufi compendiums of the fourth/tenth and fifth/eleventh centuries. Among the well-known explanations of this omission provided by modern scholarship are al-Niffarī himself neglecting to collect his writings, the obscurity of his shocking sayings, and the historical fact that he was not affiliated with any mystic…
Crossing the Desert
This article aims to introduce some inquiries concerning travel as a customary mode of ascetic life among early Sufis in the period between the third/ninth and sixth/twelfth centuries. Two prominent concepts are involved in this discussion: siyāḥa and safar . While safar was a general term that refers to a wide spectrum of traditions and customs included in the medieval Islamic culture of travel, the term siyāḥa indicated the custom of roving in …
The Will to Be Unveiled
While autobiography as a special genre increasingly occupies an important position in modern scholarship, independent Sufi autobiographies still require additional and detailed examination. The current paper seeks to examine two spiritual autobiographies known very well in the history of Sufism: Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī's Badʾ shaʾn, and Rūzbihān al-Baqlī's Kashf al-asrār. References to these works in modern research do not go beyond the assumption t…
La idea del tašabbuh en las comunidades y la literatura sufíes de Bagdad a finales del siglo VI/XII y principios del VII/XIII
Este artículo pretende analizar el papel del mutašabbih en la vida activa del ribāṭ en el sufismo del período tardío de los ʻAbbasíes de Bagdad (finales del siglo VI/XII y principios del siglo VII/XIII). Su fuente principal es el ʻAwārif al-maʼārif de Abū Ḥafṣ al-Suhrawardī. También se analizan otros conceptos y grupos, como la qalandariyya, los maŷḏūbs, el takalluf (la apariencia de éxtasis durante el samāʻ, además del estatus ambiguo del jādim.…
A Lightning Trigger or a Stumbling Block
Although the relationship of mothers with their children is barely detailed in Sufi sources, those who were mystic in their own right as well as those who were merely mothers of renowned Sufis, often acted beyond the harmonious “iconic” images of mothering and motherhood. Mothers were not always the effective lightning trigger. Sometimes, mothers of renowned Sufis denied their sons free mobility, taking advantage of the principle of respect for t…
The Everlasting Sufi
This paper discusses Intihāʾ, a general word used by Sufi authors to designate the final destination of the Sufi path, in the theoretical system of the twelfthcentury Sufi theoretician AbūḤafṣ ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī (d. 632/1234), and the place it holds in his teaching and its practical application to the life of the Sufi communities of twelfth-century Baghdad. The notion of siʿa mujāza li-l-muntahīn, i.e. luxuries permitted to the mystics who achie…
The “Sealed Nectar”
Besides the analysis of one impact of al-Suhrawardī's teachings—his division of the Sufi path—there are other bases for assuming a more varied system of thought, one that runs counter his reputation as a moderate Sufi thinker. Through study of an unknown text of the author, a conclusion was reached that 'moderation' as related to Sufi authors is an evaluation that should be reconsidered. The specific discourse in the above text demonstrates rheto…
Heart’s Life with God
(No abstract available)
The Concept of jadhb and the Image of majdhūb in Sufi Teachings and Life in the Period between the Fourth/Tenth and the Tenth/Sixteenth Centuries
This paper discusses the theoretical basis of the Sufi term jadhb (the effortless attraction of man by God), and examines the different approaches towards the figure of majdhūb as developed and presented in Sufi compendia and both Sufi and non-Sufi biographies of the period between the fourth/tenth and the tenth/sixteenth centuries. It suggests that there are three major phases in the development of the theoretical basis of jadhb . The first stag…
The Everlasting Sufi
This paper discusses Intihāʾ, a general word used by Sufi authors to designate the final destination of the Sufi path, in the theoretical system of the twelfthcentury Sufi theoretician AbūḤafṣ ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī (d. 632/1234), and the place it holds in his teaching and its practical application to the life of the Sufi communities of twelfth-century Baghdad. The notion of siʿa mujāza li-l-muntahīn, i.e. luxuries permitted to the mystics who achie…
Heart’s Life with God
(No abstract available)
The “Sealed Nectar”
Besides the analysis of one impact of al-Suhrawardī's teachings—his division of the Sufi path—there are other bases for assuming a more varied system of thought, one that runs counter his reputation as a moderate Sufi thinker. Through study of an unknown text of the author, a conclusion was reached that 'moderation' as related to Sufi authors is an evaluation that should be reconsidered. The specific discourse in the above text demonstrates rheto…
La idea del tašabbuh en las comunidades y la literatura sufíes de Bagdad a finales del siglo VI/XII y principios del VII/XIII
Este artículo pretende analizar el papel del mutašabbih en la vida activa del ribāṭ en el sufismo del período tardío de los ʻAbbasíes de Bagdad (finales del siglo VI/XII y principios del siglo VII/XIII). Su fuente principal es el ʻAwārif al-maʼārif de Abū Ḥafṣ al-Suhrawardī. También se analizan otros conceptos y grupos, como la qalandariyya, los maŷḏūbs, el takalluf (la apariencia de éxtasis durante el samāʻ, además del estatus ambiguo del jādim.…
A Lightning Trigger or a Stumbling Block
Although the relationship of mothers with their children is barely detailed in Sufi sources, those who were mystic in their own right as well as those who were merely mothers of renowned Sufis, often acted beyond the harmonious “iconic” images of mothering and motherhood. Mothers were not always the effective lightning trigger. Sometimes, mothers of renowned Sufis denied their sons free mobility, taking advantage of the principle of respect for t…
The Everlasting Sufi
This paper discusses Intihāʾ, a general word used by Sufi authors to designate the final destination of the Sufi path, in the theoretical system of the twelfthcentury Sufi theoretician AbūḤafṣ ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī (d. 632/1234), and the place it holds in his teaching and its practical application to the life of the Sufi communities of twelfth-century Baghdad. The notion of siʿa mujāza li-l-muntahīn, i.e. luxuries permitted to the mystics who achie…
The Will to Be Unveiled
While autobiography as a special genre increasingly occupies an important position in modern scholarship, independent Sufi autobiographies still require additional and detailed examination. The current paper seeks to examine two spiritual autobiographies known very well in the history of Sufism: Al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī's Badʾ shaʾn, and Rūzbihān al-Baqlī's Kashf al-asrār. References to these works in modern research do not go beyond the assumption t…
Crossing the Desert
This article aims to introduce some inquiries concerning travel as a customary mode of ascetic life among early Sufis in the period between the third/ninth and sixth/twelfth centuries. Two prominent concepts are involved in this discussion: siyāḥa and safar . While safar was a general term that refers to a wide spectrum of traditions and customs included in the medieval Islamic culture of travel, the term siyāḥa indicated the custom of roving in …
Remarks on Al-Niffarī's Neglect in Early Sufi Literature
This short article seeks to re-evaluate the unique case of al-Niffarī and the sophisticated framework of his total omission in the great Sufi compendiums of the fourth/tenth and fifth/eleventh centuries. Among the well-known explanations of this omission provided by modern scholarship are al-Niffarī himself neglecting to collect his writings, the obscurity of his shocking sayings, and the historical fact that he was not affiliated with any mystic…
Shiblī
The Concept of jadhb and the Image of majdhūb in Sufi Teachings and Life in the Period between the Fourth/Tenth and the Tenth/Sixteenth Centuries
This paper discusses the theoretical basis of the Sufi term jadhb (the effortless attraction of man by God), and examines the different approaches towards the figure of majdhūb as developed and presented in Sufi compendia and both Sufi and non-Sufi biographies of the period between the fourth/tenth and the tenth/sixteenth centuries. It suggests that there are three major phases in the development of the theoretical basis of jadhb . The first stag…
A new study model for Arabic Sufi prose
This paper sheds light on Arabic Sufi prose from the third/ninth to the seventh/thirteenth centuries. It begins with the “Sufi act,” a wide range of conditions that the Sufi embarks upon under the influence of the mystical states in his life, codes of behavior, interactions with others as well as his writing skills and activities. The paper then proposes a general study model for approaching Sufi prose based on its complex links with both the Suf…
Abū JaʻFar Ibn Yazdānyār's Rawḍat al-Murīdīn
Rawḍat al-murīdīn of Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad Ibn al-Ḥusayn Ibn Yazdānyār al-Hamadhānī is a distinguished Sufi manual of the early fifth/eleventh century. Though an early Sufi textbook, this work is relatively unknown when compared with other Sufi textbooks written prior to and after it. This article draws on Williams’ edition from 1957 in addition to two manuscripts held in Princeton and Istanbul, in order to examine this early Sufi work and to appra…
The exchange of letters in early Sufism
This paper introduces the exchange of letters in early Sufism, analyses the significance of these exchanges, and examines these documents not for their general literary qualities or for theoretical discussion of appropriate conduct but, rather, for actual data relating to personal and interpersonal relationships. Furthermore, this paper emphasizes the crucial need for creating a corpus of Sufi letters and pieces of correspondence. The discussion …
The Redemption of the Human Being in Islamic Tradition
This article examines the representation of human beings’ redemption in Islamic tradition with a special focus on the Sufi perspective. This is done using Islamic scriptures and semantics. There is no homogenous Sufi perspective on the question of human redemption. However, it is still worthwhile to look for references to human redemption in Sufi discussions of the high state of unification. The human being plays an essential role in this experie…
The Economics of Female Piety in Early Sufism
This paper examines the economics of female piety between the third/ninth and sixth/twelfth centuries. It traces Sufi approaches to poverty and working for a living (kasb) as well as kasb's intersection with marriage and women. Rereading Sufi and non-Sufi biographies and historiographies reveals that there were wealthy women who initiated marriage with renowned Sufis to gain spiritual blessings, and others who financially supported their husbands…
Between Words and Worlds
The purpose of this article is to examine the intersections between the corpus of sayings in the Sufi tradition and the changing realities in the period between the third/ninth and seventh/thirteenth centuries. The main hypothesis is that masters' sayings were neither expressions of abstract theories nor mere responses to changing forms of religious identities but rather a powerful engine for the shifts then occurring in the Sufi tradition as a w…
A Comprehensive Database for Early Islamic Thought and Spirituality. The Kitāb al-Luma ʿ by ʾAbū Naṣr as-Sarrāǧ aṭ-Ṭūsī (d. 378/988)
Intimate conversations ( Munājayāt ) and supplications ( Adʿiya ) in early Islamic literature
The non-human mystics of Islam
Animals appear in different kinds of sources in medieval Islam, from the Quran to animal fables and works of belles-lettres . This article benefits from previous research on Islam’s attitude towards animals, specifically from the viewpoint of the ascetic-mystical stream of Islam during its classical stage. It examines animals in early Sufi narrative material from three perspectives. The first is the theological-ethical perspective that both quest…
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