Reynold A. Nicholson (1868–1945)
Autor(a) de The Mystics of Islam
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Obras de Reynold A. Nicholson
The Illustrated Rumi: A Treasury of Wisdom from the Poet of the Soul (2000) — Tradutor; Tradutor — 108 cópias
Rumi: Poet and Mystic (1207-1273 : Selections from His Writings Translated from the Persian With Introduction and… (1950) 63 cópias
The idea of personality in Sufism: Three lectures delivered in the University of London (1980) 9 cópias
Tales of Mystic Meaning: Selections from the Mathnawi of Jalal-Ud-Din Rumi (Mystical classics of the world) (1995) 9 cópias
الصوفية في الاسلام 2 cópias
The Kitab Al-Luma Fi L-Tasawwuf of Abu Nasr Abdallah B. Ali Al-Sarraj Al-Tusi: Edited for the First Time, with Critical… (2007) 2 cópias
STUDIES IN ISLAMIC MYSTICISM (The lives and writings of three early Sufi masters) - Annotated What is Mysticism? (2016) 1 exemplar(es)
The Mathnawi of Jalal ud Din Rumi (Vols 4-6) 1 exemplar(es)
The Idea of Personality in Sufism 1 exemplar(es)
Elementary Arabic: Third Reading-book 1 exemplar(es)
Elementary Arabic: Second Reading-book 1 exemplar(es)
The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi. Edited from the Oldest Manuscripts Awailable: With Critical Notes, Translation,… — Editor — 1 exemplar(es)
the mathnawi of jalaluddin rumi volume 3 1 exemplar(es)
the mathnawi of jalaluddin rumi volume 1 1 exemplar(es)
Rūmī Poet and Mystic 1 exemplar(es)
The Idea Of Personality In Islam 1 exemplar(es)
Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi, books I and II 1 exemplar(es)
Introduction to Rumi with Commentary and Annotations to the Mathnavi i Manavi (Bilingual Persian-English) - 1991… (1969) 1 exemplar(es)
The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi Vol 3 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Mathnawi of Jalalud'din Rumi, Vol. 2: Containing the Translation of the First & Second Books (1982) — Tradutor — 33 cópias
The Mathnawi of Jalalud'din Rumi, Translation of Books III and IV (Volume IV) (1930) — Tradutor — 25 cópias
The Mathnawi of Jalalud'din Rumi, Vol. VI (Containing the Translation of the Fifth & Sixth Books) (1968) — Tradutor — 16 cópias
Elementary Arabic: First Reading-book — Editor — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne
- Data de nascimento
- 1868-08-18
- Data de falecimento
- 1945-08-27
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- England
UK - Local de nascimento
- Keighley, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
- Locais de residência
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Educação
- University of Aberdeen
University of Cambridge - Ocupação
- orientalist
Professor of Arabic - Relacionamentos
- Nicholson, Henry Alleyne (father)
- Pequena biografia
- R.A. Nicholson was a renowned English orientalist, a scholar of Islamic literature and mysticism and a translator of important Sufi texts. Reynold was born in Keighley and died in Chester, maintaining the strong family links with the north of England. After studies at Aberdeen University and Trinity College, Cambridge, this Nicholson went on to become lecturer in Persian and then Professor of Arabic at Cambridge. Two important books include Literary History of The Arabs (1907) and The Mystics of Islam (1914) Between 1925 and 1940 Nicholson worked on a critical edition of Rumi’s Masnavi, published in eight volumes.
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Author Reynold Alleyne Nicholson was an English Orientalist scholar most famed for his work on Jalaluddin Rumi, and this short overview of Sufism is full of his own translations of Rumi and other key Muslim mystics. First published in 1914, it still has value today for readers seeking a historical perspective on Sufism, and it has special appeal to those interested in what an educated Edwardian view of mystical Islam would comprise. While his respect for some Sufi sheiks (not least Rumi) is profound, he does turn up his nose at the antinomian tendencies of the tradition, and he is dubious about its contributions to positive history. In the latter connection, he remarks in a footnote that "most, if not all, mystical Traditions [i.e. hadith] ascribed to Mohammed were fostered on him by the Sufis, who represent themselves as the true interpreters of his esoteric teaching." (53)
Among the wide sampling of quotations from sheiks and pirs, we can read that the statement "Within my vesture is naught but God" is attributable to Bayazid, just as Hallaj is supposed to have said "I am God." (132, 150)
While he was older than Louis Massignon, Nicholson paid considerable respect to the younger scholar's studies of Hallaj and his conclusions about the actual nature of the doctrines held and taught by that controversial figure. In fact, Massignon's major work on Hallaj was not published until the decade after The Mystics of Islam.
Nicholson uses gnosis as a translation for ma'rifat, and he may have been one of the earliest modern Western scholars to focus attention on the genealogical connections of Sufi doctrines with the ancient Gnosis and Manicheanism. On the modern side, he repeatedly proposes "hypnosis" as a mechanism underlying Sufi ahwal ("states" of attainment), and suggests that the parapsychological approach of the SPR may be useful in the study of the miraculous phenomena attested among dervishes.
Despite the tendencies toward "comparative theology" (where Nicholson judges particular mystical doctrines as laudatory, dangerous, or deplorable) and its slightly dated language, this book is still a valuable primer on its subject, especially for those who approach it with an interest in the 20th-century scholarship on mystical and esoteric religion.… (mais)
Among the wide sampling of quotations from sheiks and pirs, we can read that the statement "Within my vesture is naught but God" is attributable to Bayazid, just as Hallaj is supposed to have said "I am God." (132, 150)
While he was older than Louis Massignon, Nicholson paid considerable respect to the younger scholar's studies of Hallaj and his conclusions about the actual nature of the doctrines held and taught by that controversial figure. In fact, Massignon's major work on Hallaj was not published until the decade after The Mystics of Islam.
Nicholson uses gnosis as a translation for ma'rifat, and he may have been one of the earliest modern Western scholars to focus attention on the genealogical connections of Sufi doctrines with the ancient Gnosis and Manicheanism. On the modern side, he repeatedly proposes "hypnosis" as a mechanism underlying Sufi ahwal ("states" of attainment), and suggests that the parapsychological approach of the SPR may be useful in the study of the miraculous phenomena attested among dervishes.
Despite the tendencies toward "comparative theology" (where Nicholson judges particular mystical doctrines as laudatory, dangerous, or deplorable) and its slightly dated language, this book is still a valuable primer on its subject, especially for those who approach it with an interest in the 20th-century scholarship on mystical and esoteric religion.… (mais)
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Rumi was one of the greatest of the Persian mystical poets. In his writings he explored the profound themes of the nature of truth, of beauty, and of our spiritual relationship with God. Professor Nicholson translated this collection of mystical poems shortly before his death. It contains versions of over 100 short passages from Rumi's greatest works, together with brief explanatory notes.
Rumi was one of the greatest of the Persian mystical poets. In his writings he explored the profound themes of the nature of truth, of beauty, and of our spiritual relationship with God. Professor Nicholson translated this collection of mystical poems shortly before his death. It contains versions of over 100 short passages from Rumi's greatest works, together with brief explanatory notes.
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El profesor Nicholson, lector de persa y árabe de la Universidad de Cambridge y profundo conocedor de la tradición mística, , traductor de persa y árabe y eminente ensayista y conferenciante. Hasta el final de su vida ocupó el cargo de Lector de Persa en la Universidad de Cambridge y era igualmente miembro del Trinity College. despliega en esta obra los ventanales desde donde se contempla uno de los más bellos panoramas del mundo del espíritu: la visión de Dios manifestada con el ropaje de los poetas y místicos del Islam.
Hallaremos aquí la esencia de las doctrinas islámicas y de la tradición sufí, desde el carácter, origen y desenvolvimiento histórico del sufismo y sus relaciones con el Islam hasta sus expresiones, métodos y prácticas, pasando por el estudio comparado de las principales religiones del mundo, todo ello ejemplificado a través de citas escogidas de quienes fueron sus más destacados exponentes: Ahmad ibn AlHawari, Ibn Al-Arabi, Kashf Al Mahyub, Hafiz, Rabiá, Jalaluddin Rumi, Junayd, Omar Khayyam, Abu Said Ibn Abi l Khayr, Nari y Bayazid Al-Bistami, entre otros.
"Mi corazón se ha hecho capaz de adoptar todas las formas: es pasto de gacelas y convento de monjes cristianos y templo de los ídolos y la kaaba de los peregrinos y las Tablas de la Ley y el Libro del Corán. Yo milito en la religión del amor, cualesquiera que fueren las sendas que hollaren los camellos".
Ibn Al-Arabi Hay en el Islam tres maneras de revelación religiosa: la Ley, para el pueblo; la Filosofía, para los instruidos; y la Mística, para los santos. "Lo que la revelación promete y la filosofía vislumbra, el amor lo contempla y lo sabe; no conociéndolo, sino gustándolo".… (mais)