The Triumph of Mercy : Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā.

Intro -- The Triumph of Mercy: Philosophy and Scripture in Mullā Ṣadrā -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Transliterations and Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Qur'ānic Hermeneutics -- Lord of the Heart -- Etiquette and Understanding -- Concept and Reality -- The Command's Descent -- The Soul's Ascent -- Chapter 2: Formal Considerations -- Texts and Sources -- Structure and Content -- Chapter 3: Metaphysics -- The Essence -- Names and Their Loci -- The All-Comprehensive Name -- Chapter 4: Cosmology -- The Act of Praise -- The Muhammadan Reality -- The Perfect Man -- Chapter 5: Theology -- From Outer to Inner -- Idols of Belief -- The Religion of the Perfect Man -- Chapter 6: Soteriology I -- The Nature of Things -- The Essential and the Accidental -- Chapter 7: Soteriology II -- Paths to Mercy -- Divine Hands and Feet -- Intellectual and Scriptural Fidelity -- Revealing and Concealing -- Chastisement's Sweetness -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Some Key Texts from the Mafātīḥ al-Ghayb -- Appendix 2: Key Texts from the Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa -- Appendix 3: Passages from the Futūḥāt Reworked into the Tafsīr Sūrat al-Fātiḥa -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index of Qur'ānic Passages -- Index of Ḥadīths and Sayings -- Index of Names and Terms.

Discusses philosopher Mullā Ṣadrā's commentary on the opening chapter of the Qur'ān.

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