Mystical Qur’anic Exegesis and the Canonization of Early Sufis in Sulamī’s “Ḥaqāʾiq al-Tafsīr”

This paper seeks to demonstrate Sulamī’s role in changing notions of authority in the traditions of Islamic scriptural exegesis. By analyzing Sulamī’s sociopolitical historical circumstances and exploring his presentation of proto-mystics as masters of mystical qur’anic meaning, this paper brings to...

The International Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Society

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