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Bahishti Zewar

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Bahishti Zewar
1909 edition
Author
LanguageUrdu
GenreFiqh

Bahishti Zewar (Urdu: بہشتی زیور transl. "jewels of paradise"; English: Heavenly Ornaments) is a volume of Deobandi beliefs and practices written by Ashraf Ali Thanwi and Ahmed Ali Fatehpuri.[1]

Legacy

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Barbara Daly Metcalf's 1992 book Perfecting Women is a commentary and history of the Bahishti Zewar.[2][3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Saʻīd, Aḥmad (1975). Bazm-i Ashraf ke cirāg̲h (in Urdu). Lāhaur: Maktabah-yi Aḥyāʻ-ul-ʻulūm alsharqīyah. p. 116.
  2. ^ Ashraf ʻAlī Thānvī; Barbara Daly Metcalf (1992). Perfecting Women: Maulana Ashraf 'Ali Thanawi's Bihishti Zewar. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-08093-5.
  3. ^ Ansari, Usamah Yasin (2012). ""Tandrusti Deen ka Kaam Hai": Health as a Matter of Religion in Book 9 of Ashraf Ali Thanvi's Bahishti Zewar". History of Religions. 52 (1): 49–76. doi:10.1086/665963. ISSN 0018-2710. JSTOR 10.1086/665963. S2CID 162194778.
  4. ^ Ansari, Usamah Yasin (November 2010). "The Pious Self is a Jewel in Itself: Agency and Tradition in the Production of 'Shariatic Modernity'". South Asia Research. 30 (3): 275–298. doi:10.1177/026272801003000304. ISSN 0262-7280. S2CID 147134358.
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