Trial and Tribulation in the Qur‘an. A Mystical Theodicy

Nasrin Rouzati

doi:10.2307/j.ctt1df4hwp

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Edition: 1/2015
Copyright Year: 2015
ISBN-Print: 978-3-940924-54-4
ISBN-Online: 978-3-940924-55-1
Publisher: Gerlach Press, Berlin
Language: English
Pages: 209
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Foreword No access
3. Acknowledgements No access
1. Background No access
2. The Objective No access
3. Defining Key Terms and Methodology No access
4. Scope and Structure No access
1. 1. Means of Divine Trial No access
  2. Divine Trial as Punishment No access
  3. Man’s Response to Divine Trial No access
2. A Linguistic Overview of balā and fitna No access
3. A General Overview of balā and fitna Narratives No access
4. 1. (a) Divine Trial as the Central Pillar of theCreational Structure of the Cosmos No access
  2. (b) Manifestation of Divine Trial No access
  3. (c) Objects of Divine Trial No access
  4. (d) Divine Trial Visited on Prophets andTheir Communities No access
5. Conclusion No access
1. Divine Trial in the Prophetic Traditions (hadīth) No access
2. 1. Sunnite Commentaries (tafsīr) No access
  2. Shi’ite Commentaries (tafsīr) No access
  3. Trial from an Exegetical Perspective No access
  4. Verses on Divine Trial as a Fundamental Pillar of theCreational Structure of the Cosmos No access
  5. Verses on Manifestation of Divine Trial in Man’s Life No access
  6. Verses on Objects of Divine Trial No access
  7. Verses on Divine Trial Visited on Prophets and Their Communities No access
3. Conclusion No access
1. Overview of Divine Trial in the Lives of the Prophets No access
2. Noah (Nūh) No access
3. Abraham (Ibrāhim) No access
4. Lot (Lūt) No access
5. Moses (Mūsā) No access
6. Jonah (Yūnus) No access
7. Job (Ayyūb) No access
8. Joseph (Yūsuf) No access
9. David (Dāwūd) and Solomon (Sulaymān) No access
10. Jesus (Isā) No access
11. Muhammad No access
12. Conclusion No access
1. What is “Mysticism”? No access
2. Muslim Mysticism No access
3. Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī: A Brief Historical Background No access
4. God and the Cosmos No access
5. Creation of Adam: The “Fall” as Context for Divine Trial No access
6. Human Life as a Divine Trial: The Spiritual Development No access
7. Self-knowledge (ma’rifat al-nafs) No access
8. Self-purification (tazkiyat al-nafs) No access
9. Rumi on Self-purification (tazkiyat al-nafs) No access
10. Rumi on Trial and Tribulation and the Concept of Suffering No access
11. Conclusion No access
1. The Problem of Evil: An Overview No access
2. Perspectives in Theodicy: A Synopsis No access
3. Ghazālian Theodicy: Concept of the “Best of All Possible Worlds” No access
4. Ghazālī on God and Creation-in-Time No access
5. The Best of All Possible Worlds: Context for Trust in God No access
6. Trial and Tribulation in the Context of the“Best of All Possible Worlds” No access
7. Conclusion No access
Conclusion No access Pages 159 - 162
1. Balā Narratives in the Qur’an No access
2. Fitna Narratives in the Qur’an No access
Notes No access Pages 171 - 188
Bibliography No access Pages 189 - 196