Sufi Symbol as Gap, Metaphor as Clue: Symbols in Ibn ʿArabī’s Love Poem as a Case Study
This article introduces an approach to analyzing the way in which figurative language interfaces with cognitive, cultural, and spiritual experience in the symbols employed by the Sufis to express their love of God. It relies on the Cognitive Linguistic Approach to reveal the relationship between the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 2, Pages: 176-197 |
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B Divine Love B Ibn ʿArabī B Mysticism B Symbol B gaps of indeterminacy B Conceptual Metaphor Theory B Sufism B cognitive linguistic approach |
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