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In this book al-Jami examines questions that Islamic theologians, philosophers, and Sufis had long debated. On each question al-Jami first presents the views of the philosphers and theologians. He then presents the Sufi view as a clearly superior position, either because it reconciles the opposing views of the theologians and philosophers, or because it avoids problems that their doctrines entail.
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Author of al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
2. Al-Jami's Works
3. Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
4. 'Abd al-Ghafur al-Lari, the Author of the Commentary on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
5. Other Commentaries on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
6. The Arabic Texts
7. The Establishment of the Texts
8. Notes on the Signs and Symbols Used
Notes to the Introduction
The Translation of al-Jami's al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
Preface [on the Existence of the Necessary Existent]
Ramification [on the Sufi Doctrine of the Unity of Existence]
Analogy
On His Unity
On His Attributes in General
On His Knowledge
Further Substantiation [of the Sufi Position]
That His Knowledge of His Essence is the Source of His Knowledge of All Other Things
On His Will
On His Power
On the Question of Whether an Eternal Effect Can Depend on a Free Agent or Not
On His Speech
That His Contingent Being has No Power
On the Emanation of Multiplicity from Unity
Notes to the Translation of al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
The Translation of al-Jami's Glosses on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
Notes to the Translation of al-Jami's Glosses
The Translation of al-Lari's Commentary on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
Notes to the Translation of al-Lari's Commentary
List of Works and Articles Cited
Glossary of Terms