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This is the only book to deal with classical Islamic cosmology as it was formulated by the Ikhwan al-S''afa al Biruni and Ibn Sina during the tenth and eleventh centuries. These figures influenced all the later centuries of Islamic history and in fact created the cosmological framework within which all later scientific activity in the Islamic world was carried out?the enduring image of the cosmos within which Muslims have lived during the past millennium.

Nasr writes from within the Islamic tradition and demonstrates how, based on the teachings of the Quran and the Prophet, the figures treated in this work integrated elements drawn from various ancient schools of philosophy and the sciences. This book is unique in its treatment of classical Islamic cosmology as seen from within the Islamic world-view and provides a key for understanding of traditional Islamic thought.

An Introduction to Islamic Cosmological Doctrines

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      Publisher: State University of New York Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780791415160, 978-0791415160
      ISBN10: 0791415163

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This is the only book to deal with classical Islamic cosmology as it was formulated by the Ikhwan al-S''afa al Biruni and Ibn Sina during the tenth and eleventh centuries. These figures influenced all the later centuries of Islamic history and in fact created the cosmological framework within which all later scientific activity in the Islamic world was carried out?the enduring image of the cosmos within which Muslims have lived during the past millennium.

      Nasr writes from within the Islamic tradition and demonstrates how, based on the teachings of the Quran and the Prophet, the figures treated in this work integrated elements drawn from various ancient schools of philosophy and the sciences. This book is unique in its treatment of classical Islamic cosmology as seen from within the Islamic world-view and provides a key for understanding of traditional Islamic thought.

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