Emperor Frederick II. of Hohenstaufen und Islamic Mysticism

The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II. of Hohenstaufen (۱۱۲۱۵-۱۲۵۰), one of the most important ruler figures of the Middle Ages, has appointed scholars from Europe and the Islamic world to his Sicilian court to promote science. After a brief overview of the emperor's life, the article deals mainly with his spiritual connection within the Islamic world. This connection culminates in questions which the emperor asked the Muslim scholars in Arabian language, which he spoke excellently. These questions were answered by the Andalusian scholar and mystic Abd al-Haqq ibn Sab'in (۱۲۱۶/۱۲۱۷-۱۲۷۰) in detail. His answers, the so-called „Sicilian Questions (al-masă îl al-şiqilliyya)" are thoroughly analyzed in the essay. The most important questions deal with ۱. the eternity of the world, ۲. the Divine science mystical knowledge, ۳. the Aristotelian categories, ۴. the immortality of the soul, ۵. the interpretation of the hadith: „The heart of the believers is between two fingers of the Merciful". These questions themselves are a unique symbol on intellectual relations between medieval Christian Europe and the Islamic world. Nāşir ad-Din al-Furāt wrote about a hundred years after the death of Frederick II. of Hohenstaufen: „It is said that the emperor was secretly a Muslim, but God knows his condition and his faith better".

کلیدواژه ها:

Kaiser Friedrich II. von Hohenstaufen ، Abd al-Haqq ibn Sab'in ، Sizilianische Fragen ، Göttliche Wissenschaft – mystisches Wissen ، islamische Mystik ، Beziehungen zwischen dem mittelalterlichen christlichen Europa und der islamischen Welt