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The Sufi Journey to the Next World: Sepulchral Symbolism of Muslim Mystics, Its Context and Interpretations

SYSNO ASEP	0452659
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	The Sufi Journey to the Next World: Sepulchral Symbolism of Muslim Mystics, Its Context and Interpretations
Author(s)	Ostřanský, Bronislav (OU-W)_{RID, SAI, ORCID}
Number of authors	1
Source Title	Archiv orientální: Quarterly Journal of African and Asian Studies. - : Orientální ústav AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0044-8699 Roč. 83, č. 3 (2015), s. 1-26
Number of pages	26 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	eschatology ; Islam
Subject RIV	AA - Philosophy ; Religion
R&D Projects	GA14-16520S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	OU-W - RVO:68378009
UT WOS	000369121100005
Annotation	Since the very birth of Islam, the Last Things have become a subject of passionate dispute among Muslims. In addition to the “external” approaches of Islamic jurists and theologians with regard to death, funerals, the Hereafter, etc., Sufis have incorporated sepulchral images into their symbolic ways of expression. This article sets out to precisely discuss such Sufi symbolism and the interpretation has a twofold goal: first, to discuss the emblematic approaches to the Last Things, within the framework of Sufi spiritual legacy. The second objective is to prove that symbolic interpretation of the eschatological journey has its demonstrable “earthly counterpart” within Sufi teaching about the spiritual progress of the human being.
Workplace	Oriental Institute
Contact	Zuzana Kvapilová, kvapilova@orient.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 053 950
Year of Publishing	2016

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