Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism by Khalil, Atif

Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism

This book offers the first extensive treatment in a European language of tawba in Islam. Conventionally translated...
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Author: Atif Khalil
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Language: English
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Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism by Khalil, Atif

Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism

Dhs. 751.22

Repentance and the Return to God: Tawba in Early Sufism

Dhs. 751.22
Author: Atif Khalil
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
This book offers the first extensive treatment in a European language of tawba in Islam. Conventionally translated as "repentance," tawba includes the broader sense of returning to God. Khalil examines this wider notion in the early period of Sufism with a particular focus on the formative years of the tradition between Muḥāsibī and Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī. Beginning with an extensive survey of the semantic field of the term as outlined in Arabic lexicography, Khalil offers a detailed analysis of the concept in Muslim scripture. He then examines tawba as a complex psychological process involving interior conversion and a complete, unwavering commitment to the spiritual life. The ideas of a number of prominent figures from the first few centuries of Islam are used to illuminate the historical development of tawba and its role in early praxis-oriented Sufism.

Author: Atif Khalil
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 10/01/2018
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781438469119

About the Author
Atif Khalil is Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at the University of Lethbridge, Canada, and the coeditor (with Mohammed Rustom and Kazuyo Murata) of In Search of the Lost Heart: Explorations in Islamic Thought, by William C. Chittick, also published by SUNY Press.


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