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William Clark Chittick
Born (1943-06-29) 29 June 1943 (age 80)
Milford, Connecticut, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
EraContemporary philosophy
RegionIslamic philosophy
Main interests
Sufism, Islamic philosophy
Websitewww.williamcchittick.com

William Clark Chittick (born June 29, 1943) is an American philosopher, writer, translator, and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts. He is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi, and has written extensively on the school of Ibn 'Arabi, Islamic philosophy, and Islamic cosmology. He is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University.

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William Chittick

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William Clark Chittick (born June 29, 1943) is an American philosopher, writer, translator, and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical...

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Fitra

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saves, hence the soteriological function of knowledge in Islam. — William Chittick, The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 2007 According to Quran 7:172-173...

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Chittick

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Chittick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Elizabeth Chittick (1908–2009), American feminist who served as president of the National...

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Tawhid

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Ernst (1984), p. 29 Roger S. Gottlie (2006), p. 210 William Chittick (1983), p. 179 Chittick, William (2020), "Ibn 'Arabî", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The...

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Rumi

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authors Persian literature Persian mysticism Hamid Algar Rahim Arbab William Chittick Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Hossein Elahi Ghomshei Fatemeh Keshavarz Majid...

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Love

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beloved, seen as embodying absolute beauty and grandeur. Scholars like William Chittick assert that all love stems from the divine, with God being both lover...

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Dunya

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signs, those—their refuge is the Fire. (10:7) — Sachiko Murata and William Chittick, The Vision of Islam, 1994 In the same vein, Quran 6:29 highlights...

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List of Shia books

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al-Alawiya (Book of Supplications (Du'a)) by Imam Ali, translated by William Chittick. Divan-i Ali ibn Abu Talib (poems which are attributed to Ali ibn Abu...

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Qalb

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Spirit, between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of existence. — William Chittick, The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 2007 Lataif-e-sitta Nafs Ruh Sufism...

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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works in 28 languages. (From the publisher.) Chittick, William C. (2007). "Introduction". In Chittick, William C. (ed.). The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr...

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Dhikr

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811. Chittick 1998, pp. 97–98. Chittick 1989, p. 17. Nasr & Chittick 2007, p. 45. Murata & Chittick 1996, p. 127. Chittick 2002, p. 49. Chittick, W.C...

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Ghaflah

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and without tawhid there can be no salvation. — Sachiko Murata and William Chittick, The Vision of Islam, 1994 The Quran mentions that before receiving...

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Akbarism

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by such scholars as Titus Burckhardt, Martin Lings, James Morris, William Chittick, Sachiko Murata, and others. These names are both mostly practitioners...

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Shams Tabrizi

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لطافت که در زبان پارسی آمده است و در تازی نیامده است» Also found in: William Chittick, "Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrīzī", Annotated and...

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Timothy Winter

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In The Inner Journey: Views from the Islamic Tradition, edited by William Chittick (Ashgate: White Cloud Press, 2007). "Ishmael and the Enlightenment's...

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Sufism

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Al-Ghazali, helped its propagation while other scholars opposed it. William Chittick explains the position of Sufism and Sufis this way: In short, Muslim...

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Zakat

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worldly, impure ways of acquisition. According to Sachiko Murata and William Chittick, "Just as ablutions purify the body and salat purifies the soul (in...

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Ibn Arabi

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critically edited and include many errors. A specialist of Ibn 'Arabi, William Chittick, referring to Osman Yahya's definitive bibliography of the Andalusian's...

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Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy

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preparations for comparative study of different philosophical traditions. William Chittick, who is a renowned scholar of Sufi thought, literature, and Islamic...

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Angels in Islam

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ibn al-Ḥusayn, translated with an Introduction and Annotation by William C. Chittick. The Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (London...

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History of Sufism

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he did not find any proof that Muhammad ever ate it. According to William Chittick, Sufism can simply be described as "the interiorization, and intensification...

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Henry Corbin

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There he collaborated with western and non-western academics like William Chittick, Toshihiko Izutsu, Sayyed Jalal-ed-Din Ashtiani, Abbas Zaryab, Toshio...

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Hawza Najaf

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book, Shi'ite Islam, was translated into English by Hossein Nasr and William Chittick as a project of Colgate University. He was interviewed by Henry Corbin...

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Sachiko Murata

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her PhD in fiqh, the Iranian Revolution caused her and her husband William Chittick to leave the country. Murata resettled at SUNY Stony Brook in Stony...

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