This thesis is a study of the Muslim woman saint and mystic, Rabi'ah al-'Adawiyah, as envisioned by her main biographer, Farid al-Din 'Attar. Part I is a brief review of previous works and scholarship in order to situate Rabi'ah within an historical context and to judge the consistency of earlier interpretation with the actual source material concerning Rabi'ah, 'Attar's account in particular. Part II is an exploration of 'Attar's image of Rabi'ah, based on his Tadhkirat al-awliya' and complemented by related material from his poetical works. This discussion is presented according to three themes, 'Attar's understanding of Rabi'ah as a mystic, a Muslim and a woman: the three themes from which 'Attar draws to express some aspect of Rabi'ah's spiritual personality, or to manifest, in outward form, the paradox of her inner mystical secret.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.69563 |
| Date | January 1993 |
| Creators | Helms, Barbara Lois |
| Contributors | Landolt, Hermann A. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Institute of Islamic Studies.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001339542, proquestno: AAIMM87886, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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