Gauthier, Léon, 16, 25 Gawhar-i muråd (The Sought Jewel), 55, 56 Genequand, Charles, 23 geomancy, 203 geometry, 171 German: philosophical developments, 24; philosophy, 6; Romantic movement <strong>in</strong>, 6 Geschichte der Philosophie im Islam (De Boer), 25 Gha∂anfar. See Tabr¥z¥, Ab¨ Is±åq ghayb al-ghuy¶b, 148 Ghazzål¥, Ab¨ ¡åmid Mu±ammad al-, 38, 39, 45, 50, 53, 56, 75, 97, 112, 113, 114, 127, 131, 148, 155, 156, 168, 169, 186, 192, 265, 285n17, 294n9 Gh¥lan¥, Af∂al al-D¥n al-, 196 Ghiyåth al-D¥n Man∑¨r Dashtak¥. See Dashtak¥, Ghiyåth al-D¥n Man∑¨r Gholam Safavi. See Safavi, Gholam Ghulåm ¡usayn Ibråh¥m¥ D¥nån¥. See Ibråh¥m¥ D¥nån¥, Ghulåm ¡usayn G¥lån¥, ‘Inåyat Allåh, 235 G¥lån¥, Mullå Shamså, 219, 235 Gilson, Etienne, 15, 16, 273, 286nb, 293n4, 302n1, 303n12, 339n10 Gimaret, Daniel, 302n6, 307n6 gnosis, 32, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 46, 49, 74, 87, 119, 131, 139, 190, 194, 203, 209, 211, 236, 239, 243; faculty of <strong>the</strong> heart and, 94; illum<strong>in</strong>ation and, 76; <strong>Islamic</strong>, 159; knowledge and, 99; mean<strong>in</strong>g, 298n41; mean<strong>in</strong>g of <strong>in</strong>tellect and, 100; of <strong>the</strong> purified heart, 102; Shi‘ite, 36, 111, 146, 304n1; shortcom<strong>in</strong>gs of Ash‘arite approach and, 52; <strong>the</strong>oretical, 108 Gob<strong>in</strong>eau, Comte de, 242 God, 3, 55; Be<strong>in</strong>g of, 2, 232, 251, 253, 262; bes<strong>to</strong>w<strong>in</strong>g of wuj¶d by, Index 353 176; communication <strong>from</strong>, 227; creations of, 123; on Day of Judgment, 125; Essence and Qualities of, 244; as eternal, 142; existence of, 67, 292n8; goodness of, 178; guidance <strong>from</strong>, 144; knowledge of, 93, 102, 218; knowledge of particulars by, 113; knowledge of <strong>the</strong> world by, 52, 100, 187; light of, 135; man˘s position <strong>in</strong> reference <strong>to</strong>, 34; nature of, 134; as Necessary Be<strong>in</strong>g, 71; omnipotence of, 125, 126; Oneness of, 72; path <strong>to</strong>, 101; possession of wuj¶d by, 76; power of creation <strong>in</strong>, 72; praise of, 171; presence of, 130; as Pure Be<strong>in</strong>g, 215; <strong>in</strong> Quranic revelation, 226; reach<strong>in</strong>g, 39; as reality, 67, 80, 129, 172, 181; remember<strong>in</strong>g, 173; returns Islam <strong>to</strong> perfection, 270; science of, 132; servants of, 175; soul recreated by, 134; source of s<strong>in</strong>gle reality, 78; speak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> Moses, 7; transcendence of, 81; unity of, 120, 121, 137, 237, 300n6; “unknowable,” 133; will of, 86, 97, 126; Word of, 96, 148; wuj¶d given by, 67 God˘s Names and Qualities, 132 Godw<strong>in</strong>, Joscelyn, 282n17 Gohlmann, William E., 23 Goichon, A.M., 15, 293n3, 294n6, 300n3, 310n33 Goldziher, Ignaz, 15 Goodman, Lenn, 19, 23, 310n41, 311n52, 312n55 gradation: of be<strong>in</strong>g, 89; of wuj¶d, 77–78 “Grand Resurrection,” 146 Great Brita<strong>in</strong>: analytical philosophy <strong>in</strong>, 19, 20 Greece: ancient prophecies and, 1; early philosophers of, 43; <strong>in</strong>tellectual activity <strong>in</strong>, 1; philosophical tradition <strong>in</strong>, 2, 8, 18, 25
354 Index Greek: philosophers, 150, 159; philosophy, 6, 63, 108, 109, 146, 156, 198, 214, 215, 303n9; religion, 4; sages, 139; th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g on “cha<strong>in</strong> of be<strong>in</strong>g,” 77; thought translated <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> Arabic, 123 Guarded Tablet, 149 Guénon, René, 20, 274, 284n9 Guide for <strong>the</strong> Perplexed (Maimorides), 190 Gujarat: Ismå‘¥lism <strong>in</strong>, 147 Gulshan-i råz (Secret Rose Garden of Div<strong>in</strong>e Mysteries), 146, 190, 192 Gurgån¥, Fakhr al-D¥n As‘ad, 172 Gurgån¥, M¥rzå Ismå‘¥l, 239 Gutas, Dimitri, 309n31 Guthrie, Kenneth S., 281n1 ÷a¿aråt al-ilåhiyyat al-khams, al-, 90 ¡ad¥th, 74, 101, 102, 120, 121, 124, 127, 133 ¡åfiπ, 194 ¡å˘ir¥, ‘Abd al-¡usayn, 320n13 ¡å˘ir¥ Yaz∂¥, M¥rzå Mahd¥, 18, 19, 241, 252, 254, 276, 283n7, 295n11, 302n4 ¡åjj¥ Mullå ¡åd¥ Sabziwår¥. See Sabziwår¥, ¡åjj¥ Mullå ¡åd¥ ¡åjj¥ Khal¥fah, 24 ÷ak¥m: def<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g, 42 ¡alab¥, ‘Al¥ A∑ghar, 27 ¡allåj, Man∑¨r al-, 156, 159 Hamadån¥, ‘Ayn al-Qu∂åt, 239 ¡am¥d al-D¥n al-Kirmån¥. See Kirmån¥, ¡am¥d al-D¥n ¡anaf¥, ¡asan, 278 ¡annå al-Fåkh¨r¥. See Fåkh¨r¥, ¡annå ÷aq¥qah, 31 ÷aq¥qat al-mu÷ammadiyyah, al-, 227 ¡aqq, al- 33, 176 Harvard University, 27 ¡asan al-Ba∑r¥. See Ba∑r¥, ¡asan ¡asan Qa††ån al-Marwaz¥. See Marwaz¥, ¡asan Qa††ån ¡asan-zådah ≈mul¥, ¡asan, 254 Håtif, 102 ¡ayåkil al-n¶r (Temples of Light), 199, 200 ¡ayy ibn Yaqz.ån (Liv<strong>in</strong>g Son of <strong>the</strong> Awake), 114, 153,154 The Healer (Dashtak¥), 200 heart: eye of, 102; knowledge and, 100, 101, 102; m<strong>in</strong>d as projection of, 102 Heavenly Mystical States ( M¥r Dåmåd), 214 Hedayat, Sadegh, 166 hedonism, 183 Hegel, Georg W. F., 158 Heidegger, Mart<strong>in</strong>, 6, 295n19 The Height of Thought concern<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Clarification of Mysteries (Abhar¥), 189 He<strong>in</strong>, Christel, 288n12 Hejaz, 200, 209 Hellenic: thought, 123 Hermansen, Marcia, 23, 293n19 hermeneutics: esoteric, 133; spiritual, 111 Hermes, 25, 34, 43, 109, 159, 281n9 Hermeticism, 39, 111, 147–150, 156 Hesychia, 3 Hesychasm, 3 Hidåyat al-÷ikmah (Guide of <strong>Philosophy</strong>), 162 ÷ikmah, 25, 30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 40, 97, 135; relation <strong>to</strong> Sufism, 59; revival of, 59 ÷ikmah ba÷thiyyah, 85, 99 ÷ikmah dhawqiyyah, 85, 99 ¡ikmat al-‘arshiyyah, al- (Wisdom of <strong>the</strong> Throne), 23 ÷ikmat al-‘at¥qah, al-, 158 ¡ikmat al-‘ayn (Wisdom <strong>from</strong> <strong>the</strong> Source), 162 ÷ikmat al-‘ilåhiyyah, al-, 13, 14, 36, 119, 135; as bridge between formal religious science and gnosis, 36; followers refusal <strong>to</strong>
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