Meeting of two Seas: Where the heart leads the mind - Couverture souple

Malik, Saeed

 
9780692460184: Meeting of two Seas: Where the heart leads the mind
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ISBN 10 : 0692460187 ISBN 13 : 9780692460184
Editeur : Saeed Malik, 2016

Synopsis

“Eye-opening in terms of the parity between the Abrahamic faiths, this fine model of scriptural analysis merits study by mystics of any faith.” --- Kirkus Reviews
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This book is a follow-up to A perspective on the Signs of Al-Quran: Through the Prism of the Heart. Here the heart leads the mind on a journey into the eighteenth chapter of the Holy Quran. This chapter, known as Surah Kahf, has captivated seekers across the ages for its living spiritual appeal. Meeting of two Seas is about a journey which Moses undertakes with Khidr. Though this journey is short, it continues to open doors to others, through our awakening to the meetings of many sets of two seas around us: The meeting of the manifested real and the hidden Real; the meeting of the temporal and the eternal; the meeting of the empirical with the spiritual; and the meeting of physical causes with the Spiritual Cause. Our consciousness too stands at the nexus of the seas of our very own inner and outer selves. When the heart and the mind come to a meld—the coming together of taddabur and taffakur—there is no turning back and no end to the joyous journey toward the shores and sea of the Arabic Quran. The i’jaz of the Quran is its unfathomable ability to lead us to a scent of the REAL and toward a sense of belonging to IT.

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BookLife Prize - 2024

Plot/Idea: 8 out of 10
Originality: 8 out of 10
Prose: 9 out of 10
Character/Execution: 7 out of 10
Overall: 8.00 out of 10

Assessment:

Plot/Idea: Malik examines the 18th chapter of the Quran, as a complement to his previous book, A Perspective on the Signs of Al-Quran. He touches on the importance of a seeking, purposeful mind when learning such dense spiritual concepts, and breaks down complex topics—such as the synergy of nature and its creator, the inscrutability of time, and the omnipotence of God—into graspable revelations.

Prose: The prose is surprisingly straightforward for such an enigmatic topic; Malik speaks to readers in a comforting, gentle tone that makes the material feel both inspired and understandable.

Originality: Though analyzing and clarifying spiritual text is not a new objective, Malik’s work feels original due to his skillful crystallization of abstract theoretical constructs.

Character/Execution: As promised, Malik transports readers deep into the esoteric meaning of the Quran, drawing parallels between Moses’s quest with “God’s enlightened journeyman on earth” and the intersection of spiritual and material realms in the physical world. The guide abounds in metaphors and symbolism, and Malik is able to tease out the Quran’s underlying themes in easy-to-grasp language.

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Éditeur
Saeed Malik
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0692460187
ISBN 13 
9780692460184
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
295
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