{"product_id":"the-written-world-of-god-the-cosmic-script-and-the-art-of-ibn-arabi-9781905937684","title":"The Written World of God: The Cosmic Script and the Art of Ibn 'Arabi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Written World of God\u003c\/em\u003e is the first and only systematic overview of the science of letters (\u003cem\u003eʿilm al-hurūf\u003c\/em\u003e) according to the great Andalusian spiritual master, scholar, poet and philosopher Ibn ʿArabī (d. 1240)\u003c\/strong\u003e. Ibn ʿArabī defined the science of letters as familiarity with the building-blocks of the Qur'anic revelation and everything in the world of Nature. Letters are understood as visual and aural signs pointing to the mysteries of existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe present study examines how the universe came to be, for what purpose it was created and the hierarchical structure it is endowed with. \u003c\/strong\u003eIt is an old story told anew - through the 28 letters of the Arabic alphabet, their orthographic forms and the meanings attributed to them, \u003cstrong\u003eutilising Ibn ʿArabī's own diagrams\u003c\/strong\u003e. Although the story could be told through geometrical figures or numbers, letters were chosen on the basis of Ibn ʿArabī's doctrine that the meanings carried by the letters fully encompasses the whole of existence: God and the universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will appeal to anyone interested in \u003cstrong\u003eSufism\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cstrong\u003esacred language\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cstrong\u003eArabic\u003c\/strong\u003e as well as those familiar with the work of 'the greatest master' Ibn ʿArabī.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDunja Rasic \u003c\/b\u003e(Ph.D) is a lecturer at the University of Belgrade. Her academic interests include the Islamic philosophy of language, the science of the letters and the philosophical and theological thought in the early Islamic Middle Ages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anqa Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50520933925138,"sku":"9781905937684","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_46fb6f32-a891-473b-8643-65cad37a51a0.jpg?v=1731094429","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-written-world-of-god-the-cosmic-script-and-the-art-of-ibn-arabi-9781905937684","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}