{"product_id":"cosmic-and-animal-piety-in-islam","title":"Cosmic and Animal Piety in Islam","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalid Ghali, Guillaume de Vaulx d'Arcy, Asmaa El Maaroufi, Nicolas Payen (editors)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback, 360 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781399555609\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an original perspective on animal studies, Islam and the extensions of religion, engaging with ideas and narratives in which nonhuman creatures (both animate and inanimate) are portrayed as the ideal worshippers of God. Moreover, it argues that this piety of animals and the wider worshipping cosmos not only represents an ideal form of worship, but also serves as a model for more fallible human piety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 Cosmic Worship\u003cbr\u003e1. Cosmic Worship in the Qur'an: The Genealogy of Some Verses and the Foundation of its Rationale\u003cbr\u003e2. When the Cosmos Worships God: What Grammar Tells Us about Qur'anic Other-than-human Persons\u003cbr\u003e3. The Testament of Adam: The Syriac Origins of a Hadith on the Prayers of Creatures\u003cbr\u003e4. Creatures' Sensitivity and Animal Piety in the Hadith Literature\u003cbr\u003e5. The Natural World as a Medium of Otherworldly Contemplation and Animals as Figures of Piety in Ibn Barrağan of Seville (d. 536\/1141)\u003cbr\u003e6. Animal Piety, Angelic Piety and Human Impiety\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart 2 Animal Worship\u003cbr\u003e7. Animals in the Qur'an: Symbols, Representations and Models of Piety\u003cbr\u003e8. Animal Devotion in Medieval Arabic Zoography: A Reading of al-Gähiz's Book of Animals\u003cbr\u003e9. Can Animals be Called Muslims? Archaeology of the Statement: 'We, Animals, are Monotheists, Muslims and Believers' (Epistles of the Brethren in Purity)\u003cbr\u003e10. The Role of Animals and Saints in the Tawba of the Sleeping Man from the Kitāb al-Tawwābin of Ibn Qudāma al-Maqdisi (d. 620\/1223)\u003cbr\u003e11. Animals my Masters, According to Ibn 'Arabi\u003cbr\u003e12. On Cats and Piety: Presentation and Translation of al-Qāri's Risalat al-Birra fihubb al-hirra\u003cbr\u003e13. Living the Life of a Dog: Cynicism in the Sufi Milieu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43870455103523,"sku":"9781399555609","price":150.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_1117_351b5afd-991a-42ed-9bf6-fd98dc52697a.jpg?v=1788866365","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.com\/products\/cosmic-and-animal-piety-in-islam","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}