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110 2 $aIkhwān al-bafāʼ,$eauthor
240 10 $aRasāʼil$n48$lEnglish
245 14 $aEpistles of the Brethern of Purity :$bthe call to god.$pan Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 48 /$cedited and translated by Abbas Hamdani and Abdallah Soufan ; foreword by Nader El-Bizri
246 13 $aRasāʼil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʼ wa-khullān al-wafāʼ (48):$bal-risālah al-thāminah wa-al-arbaʻūn fī kayfīyah al-daʻwah ilá Allāh wa-ilá ṣafwah al-ukhuwwah wa-hiyá al-risālah al-sābiʻah min al-qism al-rābiʻ fī al-ʻulūm al-namūsīyah al-ilāhīyah
246 10 $aThe Call to God.$pan Arabic critical edition and English translation of Epistle 48
264 1 $aOxford :$bOxford University Press in association with The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London,$c2019.
300 $axxiii, 213, 274 pages;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aEpistles of the Brethren of Purity
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
546 $aText in English and Arabic.
520 8 $aThe Brethren of Purity, the anonymous adepts of a tenth-century esoteric fraternity based in Basra and Baghdad, hold an eminent position in the history of science and philosophy in Islam due to the wide reception and assimilation of their monumental encyclopaedia, the Epistles of the Brethren of Purity. This compendium contains fifty-two epistles offering synoptic accounts of the classical sciences and philosophies of the age; divided into four classificatory parts, it treats themes in mathematics, logic, natural philosophy, psychology, metaphysics, and theology, in addition to didactic fables. 0Epistle 48 belongs to the fourth part dealing with Divine-Legal matters. It deals specifically with methods that should be employed in advocating for the cause of the fraternity, and in calling different segments of society to join its ranks. The targeted segments include philosophers, kings, Shi'is, and administrators. Special templates for preachers engaging with these particular categories are provided throughout. It also addresses issues of governance and the ideal city, while emphasizing again the primacy of the soul over the body, and the need for followers to know themselves. The Epistle ends with a story based on the famous Bilawhar wa-Budhasaf, given as an illustration of a successful mission. Epistle 48 reveals, more than any other epistle, the political nature of the fraternity and its mission, being, as the editors argue, part of the Fatimid missionary efforts in the period preceding the establishment of the Fatimid Dynasty.
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650 0 $aIslam$xDoctrines$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aIslamic philosophy$vEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aGod (Islam)
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650 7 $aIslam$xDoctrines.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00979787
650 7 $aIslamic philosophy.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01730358
655 7 $aEarly works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411636
700 1 $aHamdani, Abbas,$eeditor.
700 1 $aSoufan, Abdallah,$eeditor.
710 2 $aInstitute of Ismaili Studies.
810 2 $aIkhwān al-Ṣafāʼ.$tRasāʼil.$sOxford University Press.
852 00 $bglx$hB746$i.I353 2019