Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi akhbar al-mala'ikAngels are a basic tenet of belief in Islam, appearing in various types and genres of text, from eschatology to law and theology to devotional material. This book presents the first comprehensive study of angels in Islam, through an analysis of a collection of traditions (hadīth) compiled by the 15th century polymath Jalāl al-Dīn al-Suyūtī (d. 911/1505). With a focus on the principal angels in Islam, the author provides an analysis and critical translation of hadith included in al-Suyuti’s al-Haba’ik fi akhbar al-mala’ik (‘The Arrangement of the Traditions about Angels’) – many of which are translated into English for the first time. The book discusses the issues that the hadīth raise, exploring why angels are named in particular ways; how angels are described and portrayed in the hadīth; the ways in which angels interact with humans; and the theological controversies which feature angels. From this it is possible to place al-Suyūtī’s collection in its religious and historical milieu, building on the study of angels in Judaism and Christianity to explore aspects of comparative religious beliefs about angels as well as relating Muslim beliefs about angels to wider debates in Islamic Studies. Broadening the study of Islamic angelology and providing a significant amount of newly translated primary source material, this book will be of great interest to scholars of Islam, divinity, and comparative religion. |
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... Judeo-Christian a literature shows that angels are often conceived in different ways, with both human and divine forms. Taking Welch's argument, the Gospel of Luke, in which Gabriel takes a 'human' form, would have to predate the ...
... Judeo-Christian influence on Islamic angels, through a study of the ways in which angels are described. The focus of al-Suyūṭī's al-Ḥabā'ik is on the presence of angels in everyday life, and Chapter 5 looks at the interaction between ...
... Judeo-Christian tradition into Islam, believing that: 'From Judaism and Christianity, Islam learned the names of spirits not known before, and it gave them definite forms ...' Just as the Zoroastrian influence on Jewish angelology has ...
... Judeo-Christian tradition can be seen to have two main influences: the first is from Biblical exegesis and the second is from extra-Biblical tradition, as witnessed by the Pseudepigrapha and other Jewish and Christian literatures ...
... Judeo-Christian theophoric names for angels would, at first sight, produce a strong case for a Judeo-Christian influence on this type of Islamic nomenclature. However, there are a number of idiosyncrasies in the Arabic names that make ...
Contents
Function Names Without Malak | |
Trends in Angelic Nomenclature in Islam | |
Angelic companions | |
Angels and theology | |
Translation of alSuyūṭīs alḤabāʾik fī akhbār almalāʾik | |
Angels in Islam and Islamic angelology | |
Appendix A Summary of the ḥadῑth not translated | |
Appendix B Named sources of ḥadῑth in alHabāʾik fῑ akhbār almalāʾik Notes | |
Index of Qurʾānic Citations | |
Index of Medieval Muslim Authors | |
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Angels in Islam: Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti's al-Haba'ik fi akhbar al-mala'ik Stephen Burge Limited preview - 2015 |
Angels in Islam: Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuṭī's Al-Ḥabāʼik Fī Akhbār Al-malāʼik S. R. Burge No preview available - 2012 |
Angels in Islam: Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti's Al-Habaʼik Fi Akhbar Al-malaʼik S. R. Burge No preview available - 2011 |