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Encyclopaedia Islamica Online is based on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature of the Encyclopaedia Islamica Online lies in the attention given to Shiʿi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, Encyclopaedia Islamica Online offers the Western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilization, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
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Encyclopaedia Islamica Online is based on the abridged and edited translation of the Persian Dāʾirat al-Maʿārif-i Buzurg-i Islāmī, one of the most comprehensive sources on Islam and the Muslim world. A unique feature of the Encyclopaedia Islamica Online lies in the attention given to Shiʿi Islam and its rich and diverse heritage. In addition to providing entries on important themes, subjects and personages in Islam generally, Encyclopaedia Islamica Online offers the Western reader an opportunity to appreciate the various dimensions of Shiʿi Islam, the Persian contribution to Islamic civilization, and the spiritual dimensions of the Islamic tradition.
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Corbin, Henry
(11,784 words)
The structure of this article is as follows: 1. Life 2. Works A. Major Original Works i)
En Islam iranien ii)
Histoire de la philosophie islamique iii)
L’Imagination créatrice dans le soufisme d’Ibn ‘Arabî iv)
Corps spirituel et terre céleste:
de l’Iran mazdéen à l’Iran shî‘ite v)
L’Homme de lumière dans le soufisme iranien B. Editions and Translations i) Philosophical Texts ii) Sufi Texts iii) Ismaili and Twelver Imāmī Texts 3. Views and Method of Research A. Corbin as Philosopher i)
Mundus imaginalis ii) Prophetic Philosophy and the Hermeneutics of the Book iii) The Image of the T…
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Encyclopaedia Islamica
Date:
2021-06-17
Cosmology and Cosmogony
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See supplement volume.
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Encyclopaedia Islamica
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2021-06-17
Creation (in Islamic Philosophy)
(7,105 words)
IbdāʿThe term
ibdāʿ refers to the creation of something, the existence of which is not preceded by matter, time or any other intermediate means; for example, the ten intelligences (
al-ʿuqūl al-ʿashara of the Peripatetics), which possess their qualities of existence in actuality, are free of matter (i.e. that which carries the potentiality for the existence of something) and time (i.e. that which leads to change or movement, and brings something from potentiality into actuality).In this sense,
ibdāʿ is fundamentally different from
takwīn and
iḥdāth, both of which refer to the c…
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Encyclopaedia Islamica
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2021-06-17
Crown
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Crowns in Persian HistoryAccording to Persian mythology, Kiyūmarth was the first king to adopt the crown (Firdawsī, 1/21; al-Masʿūdī,
Murūj al-dhahab, 1/261). Later stories on the other hand refer to Jamshīd his great-great-grandson, in this respect (see for instance Fakhr Mudabbir, 7).Early inscriptions, stone reliefs and coins offer some useful information about crowns in ancient Iran. In his
Cyropaedia, the Greek author Xenophon mentions a golden crown that was purportedly given by Cyaxares II the king of the Medes to Cyrus the Achamenid king (2/403…
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Encyclopaedia Islamica
Date:
2021-06-17