History in Motion: Nūr al-Dīn al-Rānīrī’s Retelling of ʿAbbāsid History in Seventeenth Century Aceh
This article focuses on the seventeenth-century Islamic scholar Nūr al-Dīn al-Rānīrī (d. 1658), who became especially known for his harsh oppression of monistic Sufism during his tenure as Shaykh al-Islām at the Acehnese court. Yet, some indications suggest that Rānīrī’s opposition to Sufism was not...
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Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Afkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.umy.ac.id/index.php/afkaruna/article/view/24794 |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on the seventeenth-century Islamic scholar Nūr al-Dīn al-Rānīrī (d. 1658), who became especially known for his harsh oppression of monistic Sufism during his tenure as Shaykh al-Islām at the Acehnese court. Yet, some indications suggest that Rānīrī’s opposition to Sufism was not as clear-cut as it first seems. Revisiting a thus-far unanswered question about a strange idiosyncrasy in Rānīrī’s magnum opus, a universal history in Malay titled Bustān al-Salāṭīn, this article seeks to dislodge simplistic understandings of the legitimacy of certain strands of Sufism, the polemics around charges of being “monistic,” and Rānīrī’s own positionality. |
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| ISSN: | 2599-0551 2599-0586 |