The Synthesis of Love and Sin in the Thought of Ibn ‘Ajība

Abstract

This article studies how Ibn ‘Ajība explained the mystical relationship between love and sin in his esoteric commentary on the Qur’ān. I also will compare his mystical interpretation of these themes with other Sufi writers, mainly al-Qushayrī and Rūzbihān al-Baqlī, who are two of the exegetes that Ibn ‘Ajība quotes extensively, in order to determine his contribution to these themes. 

Keywords

• sufism,divine love,Islam,Ahmad Ibn Ajiba,sin

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