Love (‘ishq) and blame (malāmat) in Ahmad Ghazālī’s Sawaneh

Authors

  • Cecilia Cintra Cavaleiro de Macedo UNIFESP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34019/2236-6296.2024.v27.44343

Keywords:

Ahmad Ghazali; Sufism; Malamat; Love; Blame

Abstract

Ahmad Ghazālī was a younger brother of the famous theologian Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī. Although almost unknown by Western scholars, he was a writer, eloquent preacher and Persian mystic of Sunni orientation, and became a director of Al-Nizamiyya of Baghdad, replacing his brother. His best-known work is the Sawaneh (سوانح), a short treatise on love, written around 1114, which has 75 short chapters. His thought is centered on the idea of ​​love and left a profound mark on the development of Persian Islamic mystical literature. In this article we intend to address the importance of the idea of blame in the path of love proposed by Ahmad Ghazālī and the possible influence received from the Malamāti of Nishapur.

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Published

2024-08-23

How to Cite

CINTRA CAVALEIRO DE MACEDO, C. Love (‘ishq) and blame (malāmat) in Ahmad Ghazālī’s Sawaneh. Numen, [S. l.], v. 27, n. 1, 2024. DOI: 10.34019/2236-6296.2024.v27.44343. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/numen/article/view/44343. Acesso em: 1 sep. 2024.

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Dossiê: Religião e Amor