This book explores how Ibn al-'Arabi (1165-1240) used the concept of barzakh (the Limit) to deal with the philosophical problem of the relationship between God and the world, a major concept disputed in ancient and medieval Islamic thought.
The term barzakh indicates the activity or actor that differentiates between things and that, paradoxically, then provides the context of their unity.
Author Salman H.
Bashier looks at early thinkers and shows how the synthetic solutions they developed p.
State University Of New York Press Ibn al-'arabi's barzakh: the concept of the limit and the relationship between god and the world, hardcover/salman h. bashier
