A Distant Fire: Ibn al-Shahrazūrī’s Mystical Ode and Arabic Sufi Verse

The al-Mawṣiliyya by al-Murṭaḍā Ibn al-Shahrazūrī (d. 511/1117) is among the earliest Arabic odes on Sufism. Ibn al-Shahrazūrī drew from the Arabic qaṣīda tradition, the Qur’an, and Sufism to compose his elegant poem on the quest for mystical illumination. This article offers a critical Arabic editi...

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Published in:Journal of Sufi studies
Main Author: Homerin, Th. Emil 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2015
In: Journal of Sufi studies
Further subjects:B ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAnama al-Ḍabbī ʿĀʾisha al-Bāʿūniyya the Burning Bush al-Ḥallāj al-Ḥārith b. Ḥilliza Ibn al-ʿArabī Ibn al-Fāriḍ Ibn Khallikān Ibn al-Shahrazūrī Labīd b. Rabīʿa Laylā al-Mawṣiliyya Moses Mt. Sinai Muḥammad b. Ṣāliḥ al-ʿAlawī al-Nābulusī Qays b. al-Mulawwaḥ (= al-Majnūn) Ṣāliḥ Thamūd
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Summary:The al-Mawṣiliyya by al-Murṭaḍā Ibn al-Shahrazūrī (d. 511/1117) is among the earliest Arabic odes on Sufism. Ibn al-Shahrazūrī drew from the Arabic qaṣīda tradition, the Qur’an, and Sufism to compose his elegant poem on the quest for mystical illumination. This article offers a critical Arabic edition of the ode along with an English translation. This is followed by a close reading of the poem and the consideration of poetic and religious influences on Ibn al-Shahrazūrī, and the possible influence of his ode on later Sufi verse, including that by Ibn al-Fāriḍ, Ibn al-ʿArabī, ʿĀʾisha al-Bāʿūniyya, and al-Nābulusī.
ISSN:2210-5956
Contains:In: Journal of Sufi studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105956-12341275