The Neoplatonic Roots of Apophatic Theology in Medieval Islam on the Example of Maqāmāt aṭ-ṭuyūr/Manṭiq aṭ-ṭayr (The Conference of the Birds) by ʿAṭṭār Nīšāpūrī (ca. 1145–1221)

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dc.contributor.authorKościelniak, Krzysztof
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-05T21:37:33Z
dc.date.available2023-11-05T21:37:33Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThis study will focus on the metaphysical and theological thought of Farīd ad-dīn ʿAṭṭār Nīšāpūrī, i.e. Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm (ca. 1145/6–1221). ʿAṭṭār’s best known masterpiece, Maqāmāt aṭ-ṭuyūr (Arabic Manṭiq aṭ-ṭayr), The Conference of the Birds, is seen as the finest example of Sufi love poetry in the Persian language after Rūmī. His thought is distinguished by its provocative and radical theology of love, as well as elements of apophaticism. ʿAṭṭār Nīšāpūrī’s vision of God should be analyzed in the context of Neoplatonism, which in a special way contributed to the development of apophatic Muslim thought. This approach challenged classical Islamic theism, whose representatives were convinced that they had sufficient knowledge of God from the Quran and Sunna. Aṭṭār’s doctrine focused on God who is a part of the universe. In other words, this author believed that whatever exists is part of God.
dc.identifier.citation"Verbum Vitae", 2023, T. 41, nr 3, s. 647-672
dc.identifier.doi10.31743/vv.16185
dc.identifier.issn1644-8561
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/5966
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWydawnictwo KUL
dc.rightsAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectapophatic theology
dc.subjectNeoplatonism
dc.subjectʿAṭṭār Nīšāpūrī
dc.subjectSufism
dc.subjectSufi thought
dc.subjectthe One – God
dc.subjecttawḥīd – Sīmurġ
dc.subjectMaqāmāt aṭ-ṭuyūr
dc.subjectManṭiq aṭ-ṭayr
dc.subjectThe Conference of the Birds
dc.subjectTalab
dc.subjectIšq
dc.subjectMaʿrifa
dc.subjectFuqur
dc.subjectFanāʾ
dc.subjectmedieval Muslim theology
dc.subjectIslamic thought
dc.titleThe Neoplatonic Roots of Apophatic Theology in Medieval Islam on the Example of Maqāmāt aṭ-ṭuyūr/Manṭiq aṭ-ṭayr (The Conference of the Birds) by ʿAṭṭār Nīšāpūrī (ca. 1145–1221)
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