The Praised and the VirginBRILL, 2015 M01 8 - 888 pages In The Praised and the Virgin, Rusmir Mahmutćehajić provides an extended theologically and philosophically informed meditation on relations between the Muslim and Christian traditions, through the persons of Muhammad (the Praised) and Mary (the Virgin), as complementary bearers of God’s Word. He traces their presence in the extended encounter of the Abrahamic traditions that is Bosnia’s past and present, demonstrating how these traditions inform each other, while simultaneously preserving their difference and uniqueness. He lays fundamental groundwork for a more authentic dialogue, based on identity and difference in history under God, that is also a critique of inhumane ideologies and a modernity that has forsaken God and Man, again as reflected in the historical experiences of the Bosnian people. |
Contents
Whenever Zachariah Went in to Her
| 3 |
Part 1 Prophetic Sayings of the One
| 23 |
An Anthropocosmological Prelude | 25 |
Chapter 1 Nothing and Everything
| 30 |
Chapter 2 Between Two Places of Annihilation of the Self
| 35 |
Chapter 3 The Oath to the Praised
| 40 |
Chapter 4 Abraham Ishmael and Isaac
| 45 |
Chapter 5 Israel and Moses
| 51 |
Chapter 9 Inanimate Observer
| 349 |
Chapter 10 We
| 352 |
Chapter 11 Intellect and Reason
| 355 |
Chapter 12 Sun Moon and Cross
| 359 |
Chapter 13 Apple Vine Rose and Lily
| 362 |
Chapter 14 Bird Zachariah and Mary
| 365 |
Chapter 15 Hand Rope and Staff | 367 |
Chapter 16 Spear Sword and Axe
| 369 |
Chapter 6 The Ark of the Covenant
| 58 |
Chapter 7 David and the Tabernacle
| 62 |
Chapter 8 Solomon and the Temple
| 66 |
Chapter 9 Zachariah
| 70 |
Chapter 10 Mary
| 74 |
Chapter 11 John
| 80 |
Chapter 12 The Anointed
| 85 |
Chapter 13 Paraclete
| 93 |
Chapter 14 World Axis and Axis of Humanity
| 102 |
Chapter 15 Two Mosques
| 107 |
Chapter 16 The Mihrab
| 113 |
Chapter 17 Becca and Sion
| 119 |
Chapter 18 Covered by the Hands of the Praised
| 124 |
Chapter 19 The Debt
| 128 |
Finding the Sacred Centre
| 133 |
Part 2 The Time of the World and the Time of the Self Hagar and Mary as Images of Maternity
| 137 |
Prelude on Human Perfection | 139 |
Chapter 1 On Self and World
| 145 |
Chapter 2 Departure and Return
| 151 |
Chapter 3 In the Torah
| 157 |
Chapter 4 In Galatians
| 165 |
Chapter 5 Hagars Posterity
| 172 |
Chapter 6 In the Recitation I
| 179 |
Chapter 7 In the Recitation II
| 194 |
Chapter 8 In the Recitation III
| 202 |
Chapter 9 Witness
| 210 |
Chapter 10 Patterns
| 217 |
Chapter 11 Stranger and Host
| 224 |
Chapter 12 Hannah and Mary
| 231 |
Chapter 13 The Union of the Praised
| 240 |
The Time of the World in the Time of the Self
| 248 |
Volume 2 On Continuity and Discontinuity
| 253 |
Part 1 The History of Religion
| 255 |
Chapter 1 The One
| 257 |
Chapter 2 Witness
| 260 |
Chapter 3 Religions
| 263 |
Chapter 4 Ascending
| 266 |
Chapter 5 Historiosophy
| 270 |
Chapter 6 The Hour
| 273 |
Chapter 7 Symbol
| 276 |
Chapter 8 The Anointed and the Guided
| 279 |
Chapter 9 Redemption
| 282 |
Chapter 10 Religion in Society
| 285 |
Chapter 11 The Cross of the Self
| 288 |
Chapter 12 Descent
| 292 |
Chapter 13 The Mosque
| 295 |
Chapter 14 The Sacred Arts
| 298 |
Chapter 15 The Living God
| 302 |
Chapter 16 Building in Destruction
| 305 |
Chapter 17 The People of the Book
| 308 |
Chapter 18 Union
| 311 |
Chapter 19 Return
| 314 |
Part 2 Symbol and Myth
| 317 |
Chapter 1 Sign
| 319 |
Chapter 2 Knower
| 322 |
Chapter 3 Tautegory
| 325 |
Chapter 4 Knowledge
| 328 |
Chapter 5 Equilibrium
| 331 |
Chapter 6 Service
| 334 |
Chapter 7 Truth and Symbol
| 341 |
Chapter 8 Participant and Observer
| 346 |
Chapter 17 Bow
| 372 |
Chapter 18 Solomons Seal
| 376 |
Chapter 19 Vessel and Letter
| 379 |
Part 3 Becca and Sion Muhammad and Mary
| 383 |
Chapter 1 The Covenant
| 385 |
Chapter 2 Height and Depths
| 388 |
Chapter 3 Initiation | 391 |
Chapter 4 Laughter and Tears
| 395 |
Chapter 5 The Androgynous Mihrab
| 398 |
Chapter 6 Maternal
| 401 |
Chapter 7 Supreme Sameness
| 404 |
Chapter 8 The Shekhinah
| 407 |
Chapter 9 Baphomet
| 412 |
Chapter 10 Ascent
| 416 |
Chapter 11 Word and Light
| 419 |
Chapter 12 The Becca of Sion
| 422 |
Chapter 13 The Dearest Place
| 425 |
Chapter 14 Ascension
| 428 |
Chapter 15 With Zachariah
| 433 |
Chapter 16 With Mary
| 436 |
Chapter 17 The True and the Holy
| 440 |
Chapter 18 The Recitation
| 443 |
Chapter 19 The City of Peace
| 447 |
False Prophets | 450 |
Entering Passing and Exiting | 456 |
Volume 3 Gathering Fragments
| 471 |
Part 1 Continuity and Discontinuity
| 473 |
Chapter 1 Standpoints
| 475 |
Chapter 2 Krstjani and Muslims
| 477 |
Chapter 3 Disputations
| 481 |
Chapter 4 Initiation and Esoterism
| 483 |
Chapter 5 Clear Proofs
| 486 |
Chapter 6 In Continuity
| 489 |
Chapter 7 One Word Many Languages
| 491 |
Chapter 8 On Stećci and Nišani
| 493 |
Chapter 9 The Praised
| 495 |
Chapter 10 The Apostate
| 499 |
Chapter 11 Witnesses
| 503 |
Chapter 12 Interpretation
| 506 |
Chapter 13 Listening
| 509 |
Chapter 14 Memorizing
| 512 |
Chapter 15 Recitation
| 515 |
Chapter 16 Writing
| 518 |
Chapter 17 Reading
| 522 |
Chapter 18 Carving
| 524 |
Chapter 19 Building
| 526 |
Accord Everything Its Right
| 529 |
Part 2 In the Manuscripts
| 531 |
What Has Been Sent Down to You and What Was Sent Down before You
| 557 |
Part 3 In the Mosques
| 591 |
Addendum
| 627 |
Worshipful Understanding | 633 |
Part 4 In the Mihrabs
| 665 |
Good People
| 696 |
Part 5 On the Stones
| 733 |
Witnesses and Witnessing
| 757 |
The Face of the Praised | 794 |
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Common terms and phrases
Abraham absolute All-merciful All-praised Anointed apostle ascent bear witness beautiful Becca being-at-peace blessed Book Bosnian Bosnian Church Bosnian Muslims centre children of Israel Christian concealed confession connection covenant creation Creator death debt depths descent duality earth eternity everything existence face faith Further Mosque gather God’s unity Hagar heart heavens height Henry Corbin Holy Spirit human Ibid individual Inviolable Ishmael Jesus Kaʿba knowledge koninklijke brill nv krstjani language leiden light Lord manifest Mary Mary’s maternal meaning mercy mihrab Moses Mount Sion Muhammad Muslim ourselves Paraclete peace perfect Praised Praised’s apostolate prayer presence principle prophet prostration Qurʾan realize received Recitation relate relationship revealed ritual sacred sacred tradition Sarajevo says self’s sent servant Shekhinah signs Sion stećci Stolac sublime potential Sufi symbol thee things thou tion Torah tradition turn uncreated unto upright path Virgin Word worship Zachariah