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Accused of Anthropomorphism: Ibn Taymiyya's Mih: an as Reflected in Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's al-Kā fiya al-Shāfiya.

A literary criticism of the "Al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya," a long didactic poem by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya which has various verses, is presented. Topics discussed include the trends of how the poem was studied in various academic works which was perceived as polemical work, the religious aspects of the poe...

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Published in:Muslim World Vol. 106; no. 3; pp. 561 - 588
Main Author: Holtzman, Livnat
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jul2016
Subjects:
Al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya (Poem)
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyah, Muhammad ibn Abī Bakr, 1292-1350
Didactic poetry
Poetry (Literary form)
Apologetics
Religion
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:A literary criticism of the "Al-Kāfiya al-Shāfiya," a long didactic poem by Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya which has various verses, is presented. Topics discussed include the trends of how the poem was studied in various academic works which was perceived as polemical work, the religious aspects of the poem considering how it describe faith of the Salaf, the first few generations of Muslims, and the contextualization of the poem.