Sufi Commentaries on the Qur'an in Classical Islam Year1112 political responsibility

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and Dorotheus' educational programme can be read as a microcosm of the wider culture he aims to construct partly through his adaptation and representation of classical and ascetic discourses

Relating history to larger political events

and directed their migrations and eventual settlements

Sufi Commentaries on the Qur'an in Classical Islam Year1112 political responsibilityMeeting the ever increasing interest in Islam and Sufism, this book is the first comprehensive study of Sufi Quranic commentaries and includes translations of many writings previously unavailable in English. It examines the shared hermeneutical assumptions of Sufi writers and the diversity in style of Sufi commentaries. Some of the assumptions analyzed are:* the Quran is a multi layered and ambiguous text open to endless interpretation* the knowledge