تقنيات التوفيق والتقريب في بنية التنظير الصوفي عند أبي القاسم القشيري

This paper investigates the different strategies of bridging used by al-Qushayri in his discussion of the concept of knowledge of God (al-ma'rifa bi-Llah). One of the inquiries that attracted a special attention was: Why al-Qushayri did not simply avoid those problematic Sufi statements that constitute a serious challange to the traditional institution of Sunni Islam? Why did he gather many of such statements throughout his epistle? Examining a complex topic like knowledge of God in the work of al-Qushayri reveals to us the latter's systematic ways that enabled him maneuvering himself out of the essential controversy between Sufism and Islam in reference to ma'rifa as well as other "mystic" and esotric elements of Islamic spirtuality. Al-Qushayri's desire to associate between Sufi ideas on knowledge and related aspects in Sunni thought did not keep him from presenting Sufi conceptions that may appear far-removed from the 'safe' location under traditionalists' umbrella. Meanwhile, al-Qushayri, at least from a formal perspective, displays and impressive ability to moderate the extreme saying through an intensive use of certain structural arrangements. Our detailed examination for the "traditions" section of al-Qushayri's chapter on al-ma'rifa particularly helped us reveal the existence of different sematic units that contributed by their own right to the process of reconciliation.