Debating Sufi Knowledge in the Eighteenth-Century Ottoman Thought: An Analysis of the Saçaḳlīzāde-‘Alamī Debate on Divine Inspiration (‘ilm al-ladunn)

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, two Ottoman scholars named Saçaḳlīzāde and ‘Alamī Aḥmad Efendi wrote treatises and engaged in a scientific debate about divine inspiration (al-‘ilm al-ladunnī). Saçaḳlīzāde’s Risālat al-jawāb is available in the Süleymaniye Library; however, ‘Alamī’s treat...

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Main Author: Mehmet Gel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Scientific Studies Association (ILEM) 2018-11-01
Series:Nazariyat: Journal for the History of Islamic Philosophy and Sciences
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Online Access:https://nazariyat.org/content/5-sayilar/9-cilt-4-sayi-3/4-m0053/mehmet-gel_debating-sufi-knowledge-in-the-eighteenth-century-ottoman-thought_en.pdf