TY - BOOK AU - Held,Pascal TI - Baghdad during the time of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī T2 - Islamic History and Thought SN - 9781463244385 AV - BP189.7.Q32 H45 2022 U1 - 297.4/8 23/eng/20220609 PY - 2022///] CY - Piscataway, NJ : PB - Gorgias Press, KW - Qādirīyah members KW - Biography KW - Qādirīyah KW - History KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER 1. AN ATTEMPT AT RECONSTRUCTING ʿABD AL-QĀDIR AL-JĪLĀNĪ’S LIFE --; CHAPTER 2. INNER PURITY AND DESIRING GOD --; CHAPTER 3. INNER STRENGTH --; CHAPTER 4. SURRENDER AND REVIVAL --; CHAPTER 5. RETURN --; CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX; restricted access N2 - A study of the life and background of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, putative founder of the Qādiriyya order, investigating the sources for his life and attributed works. The book seeks to elucidate the ideas of al-Jīlānī, and to formulate a picture of the most prominent trends of pious and mystical thought in Baghdad during the twelfth century, providing a cultural and geographical angle to the study of Islamic mysticism and piety UR - https://doi.org/10.31826/9781463244392 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781463244392 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781463244392/original ER -