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Miguel Asín Palacios

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Miguel Asín Palacios was a Spanish scholar of Islamic studies and the Arabic language, and a Roman Catholic priest. He is primarily known for suggesting Muslim sources for ideas and motifs present in Dante's Divine Comedy, which he discusses in his book La Escatología musulmana en la Divina Comedia . He wrote on medieval Islam, extensively on al-Ghazali . A major book El Islam cristianizado presents a study of Sufism through the works of Muhyiddin ibn 'Arabi of Murcia in Andalusia . Asín also published other comparative articles regarding certain Islamic influences on Christianity and on mysticism in Spain.

Life

Miguel Asín Palacios was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, on July 5, 1871, into the modest commercial family of Don Pablo Asín and Doña Filomena Palacios. His older brother Luis, his younger sister Dolores, and he were little children when their father died of pneumonia. His mother the young widow continued in business with help and made ends meet with decorum but not as well as before. He attended the Colegio de El Salvador instructed by Jesuits in Zaragoza, where he began to make lifelong friendships. He entered the Seminario Conciliar, singing his first Mass at San Cayetano in Zaragoza in 1895.[1]

At the Universidad de Zaragoza Asín had met and begun study under the Arabist Professor Julián Ribera y Tarragó.[2] In 1896 at Madrid he defended his thesis on the Persian theologian Ghazali before Francisco Codera Zaidín and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo.[3] All three professors guided his subsequent studies. Asín then developed his study of Al-Ghazali, and published it in 1901. He also wrote on Mohidin Abenarabe, who is often called the leading figure in Islamic mysticism. Thus Asín was running parallel with a then European-wide effort to understand Muslim inner spirituality.[4][5]

Professor Codera then retired from his chair in the Arabic Language at the Universidad de Madrid in order to create room there for Asín; Ribera in Zaragoza allowed Asín to leave to assume this Madrid cátedra in 1903. Professor Asín lived in the same well-connected boarding house[6] as Codera, and was well received in the university. By 1905 Professor Ribera had also come to Madrid; together with Asín they soon founded the journal Cultura Española . Asín attended international conferences in Algeria and Copenhagen , where he engaged other Arabists and academics in Islamic studies. In Madrid he continued to prosper, eventually being admitted to the royal court where he gained the friendship of Alfonso XIII.[7][8]
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Asín, of course, is known for his academic work concerning the medieval Muslim-Christian interface of theology, mysticism, and religious practice, with a focus on Spain. His was a form of intellectual history. Among the figures studied were Al-Ghazali, Ibn 'Arabi, Averroës , Ibn Masarra, and Ibn Hazm, as well as the rabbi Maimonides . Asín did comparative work vis-à-vis Islam respecting Ramon Lull, Thomas Aquinas, Dante Alighieri, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Blaise Pascal.

Asín's manner of approach was to stick to a theme, to keep circling over it, each time adding to the understanding. His method of work involved meticulous planning, by first conceiving the order of presentation in detail, then straight ahead, without a rough draft , redacted with each reference note on its proper page.

Miguel Asín Palacios

3.8/5 ( ratings)
Miguel Asín Palacios was a Spanish scholar of Islamic studies and the Arabic language, and a Roman Catholic priest. He is primarily known for suggesting Muslim sources for ideas and motifs present in Dante's Divine Comedy, which he discusses in his book La Escatología musulmana en la Divina Comedia . He wrote on medieval Islam, extensively on al-Ghazali . A major book El Islam cristianizado presents a study of Sufism through the works of Muhyiddin ibn 'Arabi of Murcia in Andalusia . Asín also published other comparative articles regarding certain Islamic influences on Christianity and on mysticism in Spain.

Life

Miguel Asín Palacios was born in Zaragoza, Aragón, on July 5, 1871, into the modest commercial family of Don Pablo Asín and Doña Filomena Palacios. His older brother Luis, his younger sister Dolores, and he were little children when their father died of pneumonia. His mother the young widow continued in business with help and made ends meet with decorum but not as well as before. He attended the Colegio de El Salvador instructed by Jesuits in Zaragoza, where he began to make lifelong friendships. He entered the Seminario Conciliar, singing his first Mass at San Cayetano in Zaragoza in 1895.[1]

At the Universidad de Zaragoza Asín had met and begun study under the Arabist Professor Julián Ribera y Tarragó.[2] In 1896 at Madrid he defended his thesis on the Persian theologian Ghazali before Francisco Codera Zaidín and Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo.[3] All three professors guided his subsequent studies. Asín then developed his study of Al-Ghazali, and published it in 1901. He also wrote on Mohidin Abenarabe, who is often called the leading figure in Islamic mysticism. Thus Asín was running parallel with a then European-wide effort to understand Muslim inner spirituality.[4][5]

Professor Codera then retired from his chair in the Arabic Language at the Universidad de Madrid in order to create room there for Asín; Ribera in Zaragoza allowed Asín to leave to assume this Madrid cátedra in 1903. Professor Asín lived in the same well-connected boarding house[6] as Codera, and was well received in the university. By 1905 Professor Ribera had also come to Madrid; together with Asín they soon founded the journal Cultura Española . Asín attended international conferences in Algeria and Copenhagen , where he engaged other Arabists and academics in Islamic studies. In Madrid he continued to prosper, eventually being admitted to the royal court where he gained the friendship of Alfonso XIII.[7][8]
Arabian nights manuscript.jpg

Asín, of course, is known for his academic work concerning the medieval Muslim-Christian interface of theology, mysticism, and religious practice, with a focus on Spain. His was a form of intellectual history. Among the figures studied were Al-Ghazali, Ibn 'Arabi, Averroës , Ibn Masarra, and Ibn Hazm, as well as the rabbi Maimonides . Asín did comparative work vis-à-vis Islam respecting Ramon Lull, Thomas Aquinas, Dante Alighieri, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, and Blaise Pascal.

Asín's manner of approach was to stick to a theme, to keep circling over it, each time adding to the understanding. His method of work involved meticulous planning, by first conceiving the order of presentation in detail, then straight ahead, without a rough draft , redacted with each reference note on its proper page.

Books from Miguel Asín Palacios

Islam and the Divine Comedy

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Dante ve İslam

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La Escatologia Musulmana en la Divina Comedia: Discurso Leído en el Acto de Su Recepción (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition)

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Crestomatía de árabe literal con glosario y elementos de gramática

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Sadilíes y alumbrados

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Bosquejo de un Diccionario Técnico de Filosofía y Teología Musulmanas (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition)

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El Islam cristianizado (Spanish Edition)

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La Escatologia Musulmana en la Divina Comedia: Seguida de la Historia y Crítica de una Polémica (Classic Reprint) (Spanish Edition)

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ابن عربي

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Sufism Is Christianized Islam: A Study Through the Works of Ibn Arabi of Murcia

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La Mystique d'Al-azzl

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La Mystique d'Al-Ghazali (Classic Reprint)

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La Indiferencia Religiosa En La Espa�a Musulmana: Seg�n Abenhazam, Historiador de Las Religiones Y Las Sectas (Classic Reprint)

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Los Caracteres y La Conducta: Tratado de Moral Pr�ctica

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