The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mulla Sadra

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Discusses philosopher Mulla Sadra's commentary on the opening chapter of the Qur'an.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Transliterations and Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Qur'anic Hermeneutics	p. 9
Lord of the Heart	p. 11
Etiquette and Understanding	p. 15
Concept and Reality	p. 18
The Command's Descent	p. 21
The Soul's Ascent	p. 27
Formal Considerations	p. 33
Texts and Sources	p. 34
Structure and Content	p. 46
Metaphysics	p. 55
The Essence	p. 57
Names and Their Loci	p. 58
The All-Comprehensive Name	p. 62
Cosmology	p. 65
The Act of Praise	p. 66
The Muhammadan Reality	p. 68
The Perfect Man	p. 70
Theology	p. 73
From Outer to Inner	p. 73
Idols of Belief	p. 76
The Religion of the Perfect Man	p. 80
Soteriologyl	p. 85
The Nature of Things	p. 88
The Essential and the Accidental	p. 89
Soteriology II	p. 99
Paths to Mercy	p. 101
Divine Hands and Feet	p. 105
Intellectual and Scriptural Fidelity	p. 109
Revealing and Concealing	p. 110
Chastisement's Sweetness	p. 113
Conclusion	p. 117
Some Key Texts from the MafatTh al-Ghayb	p. 121
Key Texts from the Tafsir Surat al-Fatiha	p. 125
Passages from the Futuhat Reworked into the Tafsir Surat al-Fatiha	p. 153
Notes	p. 161
Bibliography	p. 211
Index of Qur'anic Passages	p. 229
Index of Hadlths and Sayings	p. 233
Index of Names and Terms	p. 235
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