The Poetics of Iblis: Narrative Theology in the Qur'an

by Whitney S. Bodman

Iblīs, the character in the Qur'an who refuses God's command to bow to Adam and is punished by eviction from heaven, is commonly depicted as a fiendish character no different from Satan. However, some Sufi stories describe Iblīs as the ultimate monotheist, a lover of God, but tragically rejected. This volume seeks the origins of this alternative Iblīs within the Qur'an itself, by looking at each of the seven Qur'anic versions of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674062418
• ISBN13: 9780674062412
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Harvard Divinity School
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"