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The twelfth century CE was a watershed moment for mysticism in the Muslim West. In al-Andalus, the pioneers of this mystical tradition, the Mu'tabirun or 'Contemplators', championed a synthesis between Muslim scriptural sources and Neoplatonic cosmology. Ibn Barrajān of Seville was most responsible for shaping this new intellectual approach, and is the focus of Yousef Casewit's book. Ibn Barrajān's extensive commentaries on the divine names and the Qur'an stress the significance of God's signs in nature, the Arabic bible as a means of interpreting the Qur'an, and the mystical crossing from the visible to the unseen. With an examination of the understudied writings of both Ibn Barrajān and his contemporaries, Ibn al-'Arif and Ibn Qasi, as well as the wider socio-political and scholarly context in al-Andalus, this book will appeal to researchers of the medieval Islamic world and the history of mysticism and Sufism in the Muslim West.

Sufism --- Mysticism --- Sufis --- Dark night of the soul --- Mystical theology --- Theology, Mystical --- Spiritual life --- Negative theology --- Sofism --- History. --- Islam --- Ibn Barrajān, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, --- ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Barrajān, --- Ibn Barrajān, Abū al-Ḥakam ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, --- Ibn Barrayān, --- Lakhmī, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn Barrajān, --- ابن براجان، عبد السلام بن عبد الرحمان بن محمد --- إبن برجان، عبد السلام بن عبد الرحمن بن محمد --- Ibn Barraǧān, --- Sufism - Spain - Andalusia - History --- Mysticism - Islam - Spain - Andalusia --- Sufis - Spain - Andalusia - Biography --- Ibn Barrajān, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, - -1141

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God exalted says, “I have fashioned thee for Myself.” In His infinite wisdom, God willed for His Prophets and saints to assume the form of His command. He fashioned their lives as spiritual allusions to guide pure hearts to the disclosures of His direct knowledge. Nothing falls outside of His all-subjugating power, including destiny. This destiny turned a young orphan into the lord of both worlds, the gem of gnosis, Sayyidunā Muḥammad ﷺ. The saints of the Muḥammadan community are upon the heart of the Messenger of God ﷺ. That is, their lives and their states follow the example of the Prophet. Our Shaykh Sayyidī Mohamed Faouzi al-Karkari, may God sanctify his secret, tells us frequently, “Before you read a book, know its author.” We thus invite you to discover the life of a man who, after having been absorbed in the Divine Presence, occupies himself with the purification of hearts until they are pierced by pre-eternal Lights. Love and fervor made him a blacksmith of hearts. Approach this biography as a guide to divine knowledge.

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A Qurʾān Commentary by Ibn Barrajān of Seville (d. 536/1141) is a critical Arabic text edition of a medieval Muslim Qurʾān commentary entitled, Īḍāḥ al-ḥikma bi-aḥkām al-ʿibra ( Wisdom Deciphered, the Unseen Discovered ). The annotated Arabic text is accompanied by an analytical introduction and an extensive subject index. This Qurʾān commentary is Ibn Barrajān’s last and most esoteric work, and as such offers the most explicit articulation of his mystical and philosophical doctrines. It synthesizes his teachings, drawn from a wide array of Islamic disciplines, and provides a link between early Sufism and Muslim mysticism in medieval Spain (Andalusia). The Īḍāḥ moreover is the earliest known work of its kind to make extensive use of Arabic Biblical material as proof texts for Qurʾānic doctrines.

Ibn Barrajān, ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad, --- Qurʼan --- Commentaries