Medieval · Arabic
Kitāb al-Safīnah al-Nūḥīyah fī al-sakīnah al-rūḥīyah
An epitome of Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's treatment of the soul, written by one of his readers a generation later. Because the soul volume of al-Rāzī's al-Maṭālib al-ʻāliyah is lost, this abridgement is one of the surviving witnesses to what it argued.
chapters
9 chapters- 01The Author's Introductionprose
- 02Chapter One: On the Statements of the Physicians Concerning the Spirit and the Soulprose
- 03Chapter Two: On the Sayings of the Ancientsprose
- 04Chapter Three: On the Doctrine of the Scholars of Truth and the Sages of Veracity Concerning the Spirit and the Soulprose
- 05Chapter Four: On the Allusions of the Masters of Hearts, in the Manner Proper to Themprose
- 06Chapter Five: On the Proofs of Each Claimantprose
- 07Chapter Six: On the Ranks of Souls and Spiritsprose
- 08Chapter Seven: On the Purification of the Soul and the Cleansing of the Spiritprose
- 09Chapter Eight: On the Conclusion and the Counselprose
in the atlas
4 of 8 passages readFigures— 10 of 17
God · Muhammad · Aḥmad ibn Khalīl al-Khuwayyī · Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī · Khālid · Satan · Zayd · ʻAmr · Abū Bakr al-Rāzī · Abū Jahl
Ideas— 10 of 95
Intellect · The soul · Purification of the soul · The rational soul · rūḥ · Accident · Asceticism · Demonstration · Interpretation · Mahābhūtas
Places— 10 of 14
Paradise · The Fire · Gehenna · Hamadān · Heaven and Earth · Khurasan · The Garden · The city · The heavens and the spheres · The loftiest Garden
Groups— 10 of 22
Angels · Physicians · The philosophers · The friends of God · The masters of hearts · The satans · Jews · Merchants · Some of the scholars · The Family and Companions of Muhammad
Events— 10 of 15
Death and the hovering of the spirit · Gabriel's coming to the Prophet · Holy war · Satan's stealthy approach to the saints · Seeking refuge from Satan and blessing the Prophet · The abandonment of study for trade · The author's childhood illness and forced study · The deathbed reversal of deeds · The disciplining and severing of the soul · The entry of the soul at peace among God's servants
Objects— 10 of 36
The Qur'an · The editorial notes of the printed edition · Air and stone · Blood · Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī's book on the soul · Fire and the live coal · Gate Five · Gate Six · Glass · House
75 citations · 67 themes · 327 entity mentions — every one anchored to a verbatim passage. The atlas.
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