'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi Islam and the Enlightenment /

Akkach, Samer

'Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi Islam and the Enlightenment / Samer Akkach - England OneWord Publication 2007 - ix, 152 p. : ill. includes Bibliographical Sources, Bibliography and Index (137-152) - Makers of the Muslim World .

Studies the life and works of ʿAbd al-Ghani al-Nabulusi, a Damascene scholar and Sufi (1641-1731), showing that he was more than a mystic: through unpublished biographical sources and works, the author argues that al-Nabulusi was involved in early expressions of rationalism in the Islamic world and helped signal beginnings of modernity and “Islamic Enlightenment”.

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Islam
ʿAbd al-Ghani ibn Ismāʿil Nābulusī (1641-1731)
Sufism
Islamic philosophy

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