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This thesis analyzes Abū H̩āmid Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad al-Ghazālī (1058-1111) an... more This thesis analyzes Abū H̩āmid Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad al-Ghazālī (1058-1111) and Abū al-Futūh̩ Yah̩yā b. H̩abash b. Amīrāk al-Suhrawardī’s (1154-1191) ideas about the acquisition of knowledge through mystical practice and experience. Their practice of tas̩awwuf and their intellectual approach to it will be compared to their relation to philosophy, in the sense of the falsafah tradition of the Islamicate world, and how their being related to both traditions (falsafah and tas̩awwuf) informed their mysticism. Particular attention will be given to their ontology and epistemology. The main works that will be taken in consideration are Ghazālī’s Mishkāt al-Anwār, Kitāb Sharh̩ ʽAjāʼib al-Qalb and al-Munqidh min al-D̩alāl and Suhrawardī’s Kitāb H̩ikmat al-Ishrāq, Kalimat al-Tas̩awwuf and al-Alwāh̩ al-ʽImādiyyah. Finally, their mystical experiences and epistemology will be compared to three approaches to the study of mysticism (Traditionalism, the Unity Thesis and Constructionism) to see whether these approaches are suitable to the study of these authors. I argue that both Ghazālī and Suhrawardī consider the way of mysticism as superior to the way of reason in seeking the truth, even though they both value reason and do not reject it. Rather, the best way of seeking the truth is by joining mysticism and reason. I also argue that none of the three approaches to the study of mysticism mentioned (Traditionalism, Unity Thesis and Constructionism) suits our authors, so new approaches are needed.

Papers by Simone Dario Nardella

INDICE SEZIONE – VIAGGIO NELL’ISLAM ITALIANO: LA SICILIA E LA CALABRIA - La terza direttrice dell... more INDICE
SEZIONE – VIAGGIO NELL’ISLAM ITALIANO: LA SICILIA E LA CALABRIA
- La terza direttrice delle conquiste arabe in Europa. L’Italia, gli Aġlabidi e Ibrāhīm II. Di Gustavo Mayerà » p. 4
SEZIONE – STUDI E RICERCHE
- Tempo e ritualità nell’Islam. Di Gianfranco Bria » p. 28
- “Per il Tempo!” Uno Zeitbegriff islamico. Di Francesca Bocca » p. 43
- Il curioso caso del Mahdi redivivo. Ricorrenza del Mahdismo dal colonialismo all’Isis. Di Giacomo Maria Arrigo » p. 55
- Successione temporale, implementazione coranica e prospettiva escatologica. L’esegesi genderinclusive di Amina Wadud. Di Martina Biondi » p. 73
- La storia di un popolo e la scelta di un tempo: il calendario amazigh e la “questione” cabila. Di Valentina Fedele » p. 85
- Tempo e preghiera: il programma giornaliero di Ghazālī. Di Simone Dario Nardella » p. 99
- Fantascienza e distopia in Tawfīq al- Ḥakīm. Fī sanat malyūn. Di Marina Giacconi » p.112
SEZIONE – RECENSIONI
- H. Blasim et al., “Iraq+100, stories from a century after the invasion”. Di Sara Mazzei » p. 127

This thesis analyzes Abū H̩āmid Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad al-Ghazālī (1058-1111) an... more This thesis analyzes Abū H̩āmid Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad b. Muh̩ammad al-Ghazālī (1058-1111) and Abū al-Futūh̩ Yah̩yā b. H̩abash b. Amīrāk al-Suhrawardī’s (1154-1191) ideas about the acquisition of knowledge through mystical practice and experience. Their practice of tas̩awwuf and their intellectual approach to it will be compared to their relation to philosophy, in the sense of the falsafah tradition of the Islamicate world, and how their being related to both traditions (falsafah and tas̩awwuf) informed their mysticism. Particular attention will be given to their ontology and epistemology. The main works that will be taken in consideration are Ghazālī’s Mishkāt al-Anwār, Kitāb Sharh̩ ʽAjāʼib al-Qalb and al-Munqidh min al-D̩alāl and Suhrawardī’s Kitāb H̩ikmat al-Ishrāq, Kalimat al-Tas̩awwuf and al-Alwāh̩ al-ʽImādiyyah. Finally, their mystical experiences and epistemology will be compared to three approaches to the study of mysticism (Traditionalism, the Unity Thesis and Constructionism) to see whether these approaches are suitable to the study of these authors. I argue that both Ghazālī and Suhrawardī consider the way of mysticism as superior to the way of reason in seeking the truth, even though they both value reason and do not reject it. Rather, the best way of seeking the truth is by joining mysticism and reason. I also argue that none of the three approaches to the study of mysticism mentioned (Traditionalism, Unity Thesis and Constructionism) suits our authors, so new approaches are needed.

INDICE SEZIONE – VIAGGIO NELL’ISLAM ITALIANO: LA SICILIA E LA CALABRIA - La terza direttrice dell... more INDICE
SEZIONE – VIAGGIO NELL’ISLAM ITALIANO: LA SICILIA E LA CALABRIA
- La terza direttrice delle conquiste arabe in Europa. L’Italia, gli Aġlabidi e Ibrāhīm II. Di Gustavo Mayerà » p. 4
SEZIONE – STUDI E RICERCHE
- Tempo e ritualità nell’Islam. Di Gianfranco Bria » p. 28
- “Per il Tempo!” Uno Zeitbegriff islamico. Di Francesca Bocca » p. 43
- Il curioso caso del Mahdi redivivo. Ricorrenza del Mahdismo dal colonialismo all’Isis. Di Giacomo Maria Arrigo » p. 55
- Successione temporale, implementazione coranica e prospettiva escatologica. L’esegesi genderinclusive di Amina Wadud. Di Martina Biondi » p. 73
- La storia di un popolo e la scelta di un tempo: il calendario amazigh e la “questione” cabila. Di Valentina Fedele » p. 85
- Tempo e preghiera: il programma giornaliero di Ghazālī. Di Simone Dario Nardella » p. 99
- Fantascienza e distopia in Tawfīq al- Ḥakīm. Fī sanat malyūn. Di Marina Giacconi » p.112
SEZIONE – RECENSIONI
- H. Blasim et al., “Iraq+100, stories from a century after the invasion”. Di Sara Mazzei » p. 127