The Sufi thinker 'Abd al-Karim al-Jili (d.
1408) is best-known for his treatment of the idea of the Perfect Human, yet his masterpiece, al-Insan al-kamil ( The Perfect Human ), is in fact a wide-ranging compendium of Sufi metaphysical thought in the Ibn 'Arabian tradition.
One of the major topics treated in that work is sacred history, the story of God's revelation of the truth to humanity through His prophets and scriptures.
Fitzroy Morrissey provides here th.
I. B. Tauris & Company Sufism and the scriptures: metaphysics and sacred history in the thought of 'abd al-karim al-jili, hardcover/fitzroy morrissey
