• William Clark Chittick (born June 29, 1943) is an American philosopher, writer, translator, and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical...
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  • Chittick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Elizabeth Chittick (1908–2009), American feminist who served as president of the National...
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  • saves, hence the soteriological function of knowledge in Islam. — William Chittick, The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 2007 According to Quran 7:172-173...
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    Ernst (1984), p. 29 Roger S. Gottlie (2006), p. 210 William Chittick (1983), p. 179 Chittick, William (2020), "Ibn 'Arabî", in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), The...
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    authors Persian literature Persian mysticism Hamid Algar Rahim Arbab William Chittick Badiozzaman Forouzanfar Hossein Elahi Ghomshei Fatemeh Keshavarz Majid...
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  • beloved, seen as embodying absolute beauty and grandeur. Scholars like William Chittick assert that all love stems from the divine, with God being both lover...
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  • al-Alawiya (Book of Supplications (Du'a)) by Imam Ali, translated by William Chittick. Divan-i Ali ibn Abu Talib (poems which are attributed to Ali ibn Abu...
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  • signs, those—their refuge is the Fire. (10:7) — Sachiko Murata and William Chittick, The Vision of Islam, 1994 In the same vein, Quran 6:29 highlights...
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    811. Chittick 1998, pp. 97–98. Chittick 1989, p. 17. Nasr & Chittick 2007, p. 45. Murata & Chittick 1996, p. 127. Chittick 2002, p. 49. Chittick, W.C...
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  • preparations for comparative study of different philosophical traditions. William Chittick, who is a renowned scholar of Sufi thought, literature, and Islamic...
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    by such scholars as Titus Burckhardt, Martin Lings, James Morris, William Chittick, Sachiko Murata, and others. These names are both mostly practitioners...
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    consider him a major author for his work. Ivan Aguéli Kurt Almqvist William Chittick James Cutsinger Michael Oren Fitzgerald Jean Hani Walter James, 4th...
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    and without tawhid there can be no salvation. — Sachiko Murata and William Chittick, The Vision of Islam, 1994 The Quran mentions that before receiving...
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    Spirit, between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of existence. — William Chittick, The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 2007 Lataif-e-sitta Nafs Ruh Sufism...
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    book, Shi'ite Islam, was translated into English by Hossein Nasr and William Chittick as a project of Colgate University. He was interviewed by Henry Corbin...
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  • Louis Rams, San Francisco 49ers, and Kansas City Chiefs. Hobgood-Chittick attended William Allen High School in Allentown, Pennsylvania and played college...
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    works in 28 languages. (From the publisher.) Chittick, William C. (2007). "Introduction". In Chittick, William C. (ed.). The Essential Seyyed Hossein Nasr...
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    In The Inner Journey: Views from the Islamic Tradition, edited by William Chittick (Ashgate: White Cloud Press, 2007). "Ishmael and the Enlightenment's...
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    critically edited and include many errors. A specialist of Ibn 'Arabi, William Chittick, referring to Osman Yahya's definitive bibliography of the Andalusian's...
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    لطافت که در زبان پارسی آمده است و در تازی نیامده است» Also found in: William Chittick, "Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrīzī", Annotated and...
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  • While in Iran he worked and collaborated with Seyyed Hossein Nasr, William Chittick, Peter Lamborn Wilson and others. He came back to Japan from Persia...
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  • The du'a' was translated to English by the philosopher and academic William Chittick. Especially among Shia Muslims, the Du'a' Kumayl remains popular, recited...
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    Al-Ghazali, helped its propagation while other scholars opposed it. William Chittick explains the position of Sufism and Sufis this way: In short, Muslim...
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    worldly, impure ways of acquisition. According to Sachiko Murata and William Chittick, "Just as ablutions purify the body and salat purifies the soul (in...
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    ibn al-Ḥusayn, translated with an Introduction and Annotation by William C. Chittick. The Muhammadi Trust of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (London...
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    he did not find any proof that Muhammad ever ate it. According to William Chittick, Sufism can simply be described as "the interiorization, and intensification...
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    for the curriculum. A Shi'ite Anthology, translated into English by William Chittick Tafsir al-Mizan Shi'a Islam (Persian: Shi’ah dar Islam) The Principles...
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    Massignon’s studies on Hallaj. As for Hafiz and his wine, the following from William Chittick is significant: No doubt when Hafiz speaks of wine, he means wine....
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  • In addition to Iranian sheikhs, Ashtiani's many students included William Chittick from the US, Christian Bonaud from France, and Matsu Muto from Japan...
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  • named by many names whilst it is one singular reality. According to William Chittick, little attention has been paid to the importance of imagination in...
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