The epistle on animals by the Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ has never ceased to exert a kind of
fascination, but the attention of its readers, ancient and modern alike, has hitherto been …

Beside the codenames and esoteric symbols inherited from Graeco-Egyptian antiquity, the
later Arabic alchemical tradition also adopted motifs drawn from the Qur'an: from the blessed …

The Ġāyat al-ḥakīm (“the Aim of the Sage”), the Arab ancestor of the celebrated Picatrix on
astral magic, includes a curious tenfold classification of the sciences, with five disciplines …

The Production and Transmission of Knowledge in Islamicate Courts of the Middle and Early
Modern Periods in: Intellectual History of the Islamicate World Volume 11 Issue 1 (2023) Jump …

Beside the codenames and esoteric symbols inherited from Graeco-Egyptian antiquity, the
later Arabic alchemical tradition also adopted motifs drawn from the QurLan: from the …

This dissertation discusses the life and works of the poet, Ṣūfī, and occultist, Ḥamza b. ʿAlī
Malik Āẕarī-yi Isfarāyinī (784-866/1382-1461 or 1462). Āẕarī is likely best known for his …

In an article that recently appeared in Al-Qanṭara, Ayala Eliyahu reached some important
conclusions about the Andalusī Muslim scholar Ibn al-Sīd al-Baṭalyawsī (d. 521/1127) and …

İnsan, kendini tanımaya ve kendi dışındaki varlıkları bilmeye çabalayan bir varlık türü olarak,
bilgiye konu olan önce kendisi ve kendi türü ile ve daha sonra da kendi dışındaki nesnelerle …

Bu çalışmanın amacı bilgi anlayışının eğitim ve din eğitimi alanına etkisini ve İhvân-ı Safâ'da
bunun nasıl tezahür ettiğini incelemektir. Bu bağlamda öncelikle bilgi olgusu ele alınmış ve …

This article proposes some reflections on the status of the quadrivium in the epistles X–XIV
of one of the best known encyclopaedia of the Brethren of Purity Rasā'il, by reconstructing …