Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya on Knowledge from Key to the Blissful Abode - Miftah Dar al-Sa'ada
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Tallal Zeni
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About The Book
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on Knowledge: from Key to the Blissful Abode (Miftah Dar al-Sa’ada) is an abridgment of the first volume of Key to the Blissful Abode, a popular title by the renowned theologian and jurist Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya.
In it, Ibn Qayyim focuses on the importance of knowledge and willpower, as means through which a person may attain Paradise. Willpower is the door and knowledge in particular knowledge which pertains to God and His Attributes, the Qur’an and the example of the Prophet—is the key.
Ibn Qayyim discusses
- the virtues and benefits of knowledge over wealth and worldly matters;
- the path to knowledge;
- the importance of pursuing knowledge and applying it in order to achieve guidance from God and protect oneself from doubts;
- the superiority of the scholar over the worshiper;
- the necessity of using knowledge and willpower as the bases for all actions if one is to achieve spiritual bliss.
Ibn Qayyim then concludes Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on Knowledge: from Key to the Blissful Abode, by discussing the importance of contemplation and reflection in order to attain further knowledge and guidance.
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About the author
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya: Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr ibn Ayyub, known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (691-751 AH / 1292-1350 CE), was born near Damascus, where his father served as the attendant, or qayyim, of the al-Jawziyya school, the office that gave him his name. He studied the religious sciences in the city and, from around 712 AH, joined the circle of Ibn Taymiyya, becoming his closest disciple over roughly sixteen years. The two were persecuted together and imprisoned in the citadel of Damascus, and Ibn al-Qayyim went on to teach and write prolifically until his death in 751 AH. Hanbali in law, he ranged widely across Qurʾanic exegesis, hadith, legal theory, theology, and what would now be called spiritual psychology. His landmark Madarij al-Salikin is a vast commentary on the stations of the seeker; Zad al-Maʿad gathers the Prophet's guidance in worship and daily life; and al-Tibb al-Nabawi, his treatise on Prophetic medicine, remains widely read. Other works include Kitab al-Ruh on the soul, Uddat al-Sabirin on patience and gratitude, Miftah Dar al-Saʿada on knowledge, and Shifaʾ al-ʿAlil on divine wisdom and human destiny. He is remembered for joining disciplined legal reasoning to a heartfelt, often moving attention to the inner life of faith, and his writings continue to be read and translated across the Muslim world.
About the translator
Tallal Zeni: Tallal M. Zeni is a medical doctor with a sustained interest in traditional Islamic culture and scholarship. He has dedicated himself to making the works of Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya rahimahullah accessible to English-speaking readers, serving as the translator of two significant volumes from the Islamic Texts Society series: 'Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on Knowledge from Key to the Blissful Abode' (Miftah Dar al-Sa'ada, ITS073-HB) and 'Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on Divine Wisdom and the Problem of Evil' (ITS079). His translations bring the theological and spiritual depth of one of the great scholars of the Hanbali tradition to a wider audience.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781903682975
Publisher
Islamic Texts Society
Author
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya
Pages
305
Translator
Tallal Zeni
Year Published
2016
Size
W-6 in | H-9.1 in | D-1 in
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