著者

井上 貴恵

出版者

日本中東学会

雑誌

日本中東学会年報 (ISSN:09137858)

巻号頁・発行日

no.30, pp.147-172, 2014

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The book of Sharh-i Shathiyat which will be treated in this article is one of the masterpieces of Ruzbihan Baqli Shirazi (d. 1209), a prominent preacher of Shiraz in the 12th century. This book mainly consists of explanations of ecstatic sayings called "Shatahat" a technical term used by Sufi masters from the 7th to 10th century. The main purpose of this paper is to examine this Ruzbihan's annotations of ecstatic sayings of Sufi masters, especially those of Mansur al-Hallaj (d. 922). The reasons for this focus are that, among the various Sufi masters, Ruzbihan clearly indicates that elucidating the work of al-Hallaj is the main objective of his book; in fact, the portion devoted to al-Hallaj accounts for a third of the Sharh-i Shathiyat. Most previous studies on the Ruzbihan's ideas follow Corbin's opinion that Ruzbihan is one of the typical Sufis who described a mystical love between God and man in Sufism. However, recent studies have defined the limits of this prior view and pointed out that the traditional interpretation of Ruzbihan reflects only one side of his thought. This is a very important suggestion for further research on Ruzbihan's ideas and the practicality of this suggestion will also be considered in the present article. This study will clarify the role of the Sharh-i Shathiyat within the whole corpus of Ruzbihan's works. They will also help us to discover a new side of the ideas of Ruzbihan, who has typically been viewed as one of the re-interpreters of al-Hallaj's heretical thinking, as well as to reconsider his position in the history of ideas within Sufism.