Title

The Problem of Listless Lovers in al-Qushayri’s Lata’if al-isharat

Conference Name

New Approaches to the Qurʾan and Exegesis

Authors

Kristin Zahra Sands, Sarah Lawrence CollegeFollow

Conference Location

George Mason University, Fairfax Campus

Document Type

Conference Paper

Conference Date

10-2010

Abstract

This talk explains how Qushayri (d. 1074) uses the theme of the “listless lover” in his commentary on the Qur’an to illustrate the relationship between spiritual desire, practice, and knowledge of God and the Qur’an.

Department

Religion

Comments

Recording of the presentation is found here, provided by the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University.

https://vimeo.com/25154761

Recommended Citation

Sands, Kristin Zahra, "The Problem of Listless Lovers in al-Qushayri’s Lata’if al-isharat" (2010). Conference Presentations. 4.
https://digitalcommons.slc.edu/facultyconfpapers/4

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