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. |
From inside the book
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... (Jewish and Christian Texts) 286 Primary Sources (Muslim) 288 Primary Sources (Non-Muslim) 292 Secondary Sources 295 Indexes Index of Qur”Anic Citations 323 Index of Bible, Talmud, Psuedpigrapha and Apocrypha 325 Index of Medieval Muslim ...
... religious tradition. One difficulty is the fluidity, instability and diversity of beliefs about angels within a religious or textual tradition. The Jewish, Christian and Islamic scriptural traditions do not present a systematic ...
... Jewish angelology, such as expressed by Philo of Alexandria in his De Cherubim,10 in which angels act as messengers ... Christian theological traditions, which often dispute such a finite separation between the heavenly and the earthly.12 ...
... Judaism,19 and Zoroastrianism.20 The developed Jewish, Zoroastrian and Islamic angelologies all show a high degree of interaction between the divine and human spheres. Christianity, particularly in the late-Antique period and beyond ...
... Jewish or Christian provenance of particular angels or narratives involving angels and, secondly, the development of Islamic angelology and its relation to pre-Islamic religion, both usually relating to the study of the Qur'an. That the ...
Contents
PART II
Themes in Islamic angelology | 29 |
PART III Translation of alSuyūṭīs alḤabāik fī akhbār almalāik | 109 |
PART IV
Conclusions | 175 |
Summary of the ḥadīth not translated | 184 |
Named sources of ḥadīth in alḤabāik fī akhbār almalāik | 222 |
Notes | 226 |
Bibliography | 284 |
Indexes | 323 |
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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 |