{"product_id":"repentance-and-the-return-to-god","title":"Repentance and the Return to God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first major study of the idea of repentance, or\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e tawba,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ein Islam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers the first extensive treatment in a European language of \u003ci\u003etawba\u003c\/i\u003e in Islam. Conventionally translated as \"repentance,\" \u003ci\u003etawba\u003c\/i\u003e includes the broader sense of returning to God. Khalil examines this wider notion in the early period of Sufism with a particular focus on the formative years of the tradition between Muḥāsibī and Abū Ṭālib al-Makkī. Beginning with an extensive survey of the semantic field of the term as outlined in Arabic lexicography, Khalil offers a detailed analysis of the concept in Muslim scripture. He then examines \u003ci\u003etawba\u003c\/i\u003e as a complex psychological process involving interior conversion and a complete, unwavering commitment to the spiritual life. The ideas of a number of prominent figures from the first few centuries of Islam are used to illuminate the historical development of \u003ci\u003etawba\u003c\/i\u003e and its role in early \u003ci\u003epraxis\u003c\/i\u003e-oriented Sufism.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54410334601560,"sku":"9781438469126","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781438469126.jpg?v=1777896026","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/repentance-and-the-return-to-god","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}