Narrating Muhammad's Night Journey: Tracing the Development of the Ibn Abbas Ascension Discourse
by Colby, Frederick S.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-07-01
Publisher(s): State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary
Discusses the historical development of the well-loved story of the Prophet Muhammad's night journey to the divine realm and back again.
Author Biography
Frederick S. Colby is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at Miami University in Ohio. He edited and translated The Subtleties of the Ascension: Early Mystical Sayings on Muhammad's Heavenly Journey, by the famous mystic Abu al -Rahman al-Sulami.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | p. ix |
| Acknowledgments | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xiii |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Muhammad's Night Journey in the Quran | p. 13 |
| The Night Journey Verse | p. 13 |
| Verses from the Chapter of the Overturning | p. 16 |
| The Opening Verses of the Chapter of the Star | p. 17 |
| The Appropriation of Terms and Phrases from the Quran | p. 21 |
| The Heavenly Host Debate | p. 22 |
| The Final Verses (Seals) of the Chapter of the Cow | p. 23 |
| Passing References to the Ascension in the Quran | p. 24 |
| Orality and the Primitive Version of the Ibn Abbas Ascension Narrative | p. 29 |
| Approaching Ibn cAbb&abar;s and the Primitive Version | p. 30 |
| Comparatively Analyzing the Primitive Version | p. 35 |
| Authenticating and Dating the Circulation of the Primitive Version | p. 42 |
| Echoes of Muqatil b. Sulayman's Commentary in the Primitive Version | p. 46 |
| Tracing the Beginnings of the Primitive Version | p. 48 |
| Early Historical Descriptions of Muhammad's Journey | p. 51 |
| From Qur&abar;n and Oral Reports to Early Narrative History: Ibn Ish&abar;q | p. 51 |
| Ibn Ish&abar;q's Account of the Prophet's Night Journey as Narrated by Ibn Hisham | p. 53 |
| Ibn Ish&abar;q's Account of the Heavenly Journey as Narrated by Ibn Hish&abar;m | p. 55 |
| The Early Ascension Narrative as Presented in Ibn Sacd's History | p. 57 |
| The Night Journey as Narrated by Ibn Sacd | p. 59 |
| Proto-Sh&ibar;c&ibar; Narratives of Heavenly Ascent | p. 65 |
| The Ascension Experiences of Proto-Sh&ibar;c&ibar; "Extremists" | p. 65 |
| Ascension-related Sayings in Saff&abar;r Qumm&ibar;'s Collection | p. 67 |
| The Qur&abar;n Commentary of Fur&abar;t K&ubar;fi | p. 72 |
| Canonical Sunn&ibar; Had&ibar;th Reports on Muhammad's Journey | p. 79 |
| Night Journey and Ascension Hadith Reports in Bukh&abar;r&ibar; and Muslim | p. 81 |
| Had&ibar;th Reports from the Collection of Nas&abar;c&ibar; | p. 85 |
| Had&ibar;th Reports from the Collection of Tirmidh&ibar; | p. 87 |
| The Use and Appropriation of the Ibn cAbb&abar;s Discourse in Commentaries | p. 93 |
| Night Journey and Ascension Accounts in Tabar&ibar;'s Tafs&ibar;r | p. 93 |
| The Ab&ubar; Hurayra Ascension Narrative from Tabar&ibar;'s Tafs&ibar;r | p. 96 |
| The Ab&ubar; Said Khudr&ibar; Ascension Narrative from Tabar&ibar;'s Tafs&ibar;r | p. 101 |
| The Appropriation of the Primitive Version in Other Early Commentaries | p. 104 |
| The Use of the Primitive Version in cAl&ibar; Qumm&ibar;'s Tafs&ibar;r | p. 105 |
| The Use of the Primitive Version in Thaclab&ibar;'s Tafs&ibar;r | p. 108 |
| Contesting the Primitive Version in Nishapur | p. 113 |
| Ibn Hibb&abar;n's Rejection of the Primitive Version | p. 114 |
| Sulam&ibar; and His Compilation of Sufi Sayings on Muhammad's Ascension | p. 115 |
| Qushayr&ibar; and His Kit&abar;b al-micr&abar;j | p. 116 |
| The Extended Cosmological Ascension Had&ibar;th | p. 118 |
| Bayhaq&ibar;'s Rejection of the Extended Ascension Narratives | p. 123 |
| Bakr&ibar;'s Total and Complete Ibn cAbb&abar;s Discourse | p. 127 |
| The Events Prior to the Night Journey in Texts That Invoke Bakr&ibar; | p. 129 |
| Muhammad's Night Journey to Jerusalem in Texts That Invoke Bakr&ibar; | p. 133 |
| Bakr&ibar; Versions of Muhammad's Journey through the Heavens | p. 136 |
| Muhammad's Journey beyond the Seven Heavens in Bakr&ibar; Texts | p. 141 |
| Dating the Ascension Narratives Ascribed to Ab&ubar; al-Hasan Bakr&ibar; | p. 145 |
| The Circulation and Diffusion of Bakr&ibar;'s Versions | p. 149 |
| The Base Narrative behind Ibn S&ibar;n&abar;'s Allegorical Treatise | p. 150 |
| Evidence from Sixth/Twelfth-century North Africa | p. 154 |
| Liber Scale and the Diffusion of the Bakr&ibar; Versions in the Seventh/Thirteenth Century | p. 156 |
| An Anonymous Eastern Persian Micr&abar;jn&abar;ma | p. 158 |
| Conclusion | p. 165 |
| Translation of the Primitive Version | p. 175 |
| Bakr&ibar;'s "Total and Complete" Ascension | p. 195 |
| Glossary: Key Themes and Tropes in the Ibn cAbb&abar;s Ascension Narratives | p. 235 |
| Notes | p. 241 |
| Works Cited | p. 295 |
| Index | p. 305 |
| Index of Qurc&abar;nic Verses | p. 313 |
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