{"title":"Spirituality \/ Tasawwuf","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore the science of the heart. Our Tasawwuf collection gathers classical and contemporary works on Islamic spirituality - the purification of the soul (tazkiya), the states and stations of the path, and the teachings of the great masters of ihsan. From foundational manuals to the writings of the awliya, these books guide the seeker toward sincerity, presence, and nearness to Allah.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"revelations-of-the-unseen-futuh-alghaib","title":"Revelations of the Unseen (Futuh Al-Ghaib)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe talks contained in Revelations of the Unseen, short and to the point, are among the most beautiful oratory the world has ever known. Our translations of this and other of the Shaikh's works surviving in manuscript form in Oriental collections around the world are intended to make them more widely available and accessible to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is probably the best known of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir's works as there have been previous translations of it in both English and German. These are 78 discourses [majalis] that cover a wide range of topics of great importance to the spiritual traveler and are listed in their entirety below:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the essential tasks of every true believer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn sharing good advice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn being tried and tested\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn spiritual death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the nature of this world, detachment from which is strongly advised\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn passing beyond the creation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn removing the cares of the heart [qalb]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn drawing near to Allah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn disclosure and contemplation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the self and its states\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn carnal appetiten\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the prohibition of love of wealth\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn submission to Allah's command\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn following the practice of Allah's own\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn fear and hope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn trust and its stages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn how the contact [wusul] with Allah is attained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn not complaining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn promises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the saying of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace): \"Leave anything that makes you doubtful and stick to what arouses no misgivings in you.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn addressing Iblis the accursed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the testing of the believer's faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn contentment with one's lot from Allah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn cleaving to Allah's door\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the tree of faith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn not unveiling one's face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn good and evil as two fruits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the classification of the seeker's state\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the saying of the Prophet (Allah Bless him and give him peace): \"Poverty is on the verge of slipping into unbelief.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn not saying \"What shall I do and how?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn hatred for Allah's sake\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn not sharing one's love of Allah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the four types of men\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn not resenting Allah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn pious caution [al-wara']\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the explanation of this world and the hereafter, and what one must do in them both\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn censure of envy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn honesty [sidq] and sincerity [nisah]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn dissension, concord and hypocrisy [nifaq]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn when the aspirant truly belongs in the company of spiritual people\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrating the nature of annihilation [fana']\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the two conditions of the self [nafs]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn censure of asking from any but Allah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the reason for non-response to the supplication of one who knows Allah [al-'arif bi'llah]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn blessings and trials\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the Sacred Tradition: \"When someone is too busy remembering Me\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn closeness to Allah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn what the believer must attend to\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn censure of sleep\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn how to treat the servant's remoteness from Allah; explanation of how to achieve closeness to Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn abstinence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the reason for the trials borne by certain believers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the commandment to seek contentment with Allah and annihilation [fana'] in Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn those who wish to attain to the contact [wusul] with Allah, an explanation of the nature of that contact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn giving up life's pleasures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the servant's becoming extinct [fana'] to creatures, passions, the self, the will and desires\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn not contesting destiny, and the commandment to keep oneself content therewith\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn looking away from all other directions, and seeking the direction of Allah's favor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn cheerful acceptance of misfortune, and being grateful for blessings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the beginning and the end\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn pausing before taking any action until its permissibility is clear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn love, the beloved, and what is required in respect of both\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn a kind of inner knowledge [ma'rifa]\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn death without life, and life without death\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the prohibition of resenting Allah for deferring response to supplication\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the commandment to make supplication, and the prohibition of omitting it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn struggle with the self, and description of its nature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the words of Allah (Exalted is He): \"Every day He is about some business.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the commandment to ask Allah for forgiveness, protection from sin, help toward success, contentment and patience\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn gratitude and acknowledgment of shortcomings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the seeker and the sought\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn those who are attracted to what they see in the market and those who view it with patient restraint\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn a party of saints whom Allah makes aware of the faults of others\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn how the intelligent person should prove to himself the Uniqueness of Allah\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn spiritual culture [tasawwuf] and what it is based on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn advice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn staying with Allah and becoming extinct to creatures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOn the people devoted to spiritual struggle and self-examination and the masters of resolve; explanation of their virtues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCover Art by Rohana Filippi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"And with Him are the keys of the unseen [ghaib]\" - {Qur'an 6:59}\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673476022580,"sku":"AB001","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Revelations-of-the-Unseen-_Futuh-Al-Ghaib_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40055945.webp?v=1778828896"},{"product_id":"the-sublime-revelation-alfath-arrabbani","title":"The Sublime Revelation (Al-Fath Ar-Rabbani): A Collection of Sixty-Two Discourses","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e62 Discourses [Majalis] by Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani in the guesthouse [ribat] and the schoolhouse [madrasa] in Bagdad, between the years AH 545 and AH 546. Longer than the discourses of Revelations of the Unseen, these profoundly moving lectures used to be attended by crowds of more than seventy thousand people. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eAs we have been told in the Shaikh's biography, Necklaces of Gems, more than 400 inkwells would be used in one session by the scribes recording his every word. Treasured for centuries by those fortunate enough to have a handwritten copy, the entire 62 discourses are available in English for the first time. These discourses cover every aspect of the spiritual path necessary for those who aspire to attain to the nearness of Allah. Translated by Muhtar Holland.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Excerpt:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSixtieth Discourse\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eIt was in the late evening of Tuesday, the 13th of Rajab, A.H. 546, that the Shaikh (may Allah be well pleased with him) said:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;\"\u003eThe Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) is reported as having said: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part of the excellence of a man's Islam is paying no attention to that which does not concern him. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The more excellent and truly confirmed a person's Islam becomes, the more he devotes his attention to that which concerns him, and avoids getting involved in things that are none of his business. To busy oneself with that which is irrelevant is the distraction of idle fools. Deprived of the good pleasure of his Master [Mawla] is he who fails to put into practice what He commands, and who occupies himself with things he has not been instructed to deal with. This is deprivation its very self, death its very self and banishment its very self. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Your involvement in this world requires that you have a righteous intention [niyya saliha], otherwise you deserve to be viewed with disgust. You must concentrate first of all on the cleanliness [tahara] of your heart, for this is an obligatory duty [farida]. Then turn your attention to deeper knowledge [ma'rifa]. If you miss the root, your preoccupation with the branch will not be accepted of you. There is no benefit in cleanliness of the physical parts of the body combined with defilement of the heart. You must cleanse your physical limbs and organs by following the Sunna, and your heart by putting the Qur'an into practice. Take care of your heart, so that your physical body will be taken care of. Every vessel exudes its own contents. Whatever is in your heart will ooze out from you through your physical parts. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Be sensible! This is not the behavior of one who believes in death and is convinced of it. This is not the behavior of one who is looking forward to meeting Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He), and dreading His reckoning and His interrogation. The sound heart is filled with affirmation of Divine Unity [tawhid], absolute trust [tawakkul], certitude [yaqin], helpful guidance to success [tawfiq], knowledge ['ilm], faith [iman], and nearness [qurb] to Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). He sees all creatures in their essential weakness, lowliness and poverty, yet he will not be arrogant toward a little child amongst them. He becomes like a lion when battle is joined with the unbelievers [kuffar] and hypocrites [munafiqun], out of zeal for Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). In His presence he becomes a discarded piece of flesh, and he is meek and humble toward those who are righteous [salihun] and piously devoted [muttaqun wari'un]. Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) has described the kind of people who have such attributes, for He has said: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHard against the unbelievers, merciful among themselves.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e- (Qur'an 48:29) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Woe unto you, O heretical innovator [mubtadi']! No one but Allah is capable of saying: \"I am Allah.\" Our Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He) is a Speaker [Mutakallim], not a dumb mute, and this is why Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) has emphasized the point in his speech to Moses, for he said: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd Allah spoke directly to Moses.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e - (Qur'an 4:164) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He possesses speech [kalam] that can be heard and understood. He said to Moses: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eO Moses, I am indeed Allah, Lord of the Worlds.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e- (Qur'an 28:43) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By His words, \"I am Allah,\" He means to say: \"I am not an angel [malak], not a genie [jinni] and not a human being [insi], but the Lord of the Worlds [Rabbu'l-'alamin]. So Pharaoh was lying when he said: 'I am your Lord the Most High' (79:24), and when he laid claim to divinity [ilahiyya], disregarding Me. I am Allah, not Pharaoh or any other creature.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When Moses fell into that agony and anguish, his faith [iman] and conviction [iqan] showed through. When he fell into the gloom of night and the gloom of sorrow for the wife, on account of the agony she was suffering, Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) revealed to him a light, so he said to his habits, his dependants, his strength and his material means: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eStay here awhile, I notice a fire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e- (Qur'an 28:29) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"I have seen a light. My innermost being [sirr], my heart [qalb], my inner content [ma'na] and my kernel [lubb] have seen a light. My predestined grace [sabiqa] and my guidance have come to me. Independence from creatures has come to me. Saintship [wilaya] and deputyship [khilafa] have come to me. The root [asl] has come to me and the branch [far'] has departed from me. Dominion has come to me and the dread of Pharaoh has gone from me, and the fear has passed over to him.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He bade his family farewell, committed them to his Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He) and moved on, for surely He would appoint a successor to him amongst them. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is how it is for the believer [mu'min] when Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) draws him close and summons him to the door of His nearness. His heart looks about to right and left, to the back and to the front, and he sees that all avenues are blocked except in the direction of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). Then he addresses his lower self [nafs], his passions [hawa], his physical limbs and organs [jawarih], his habits ['ada], his family and everything he has been involved with, saying: \"I have spotted the light of nearness to my Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He), so I am moving on toward it. If I have a return, I shall come back to you.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He bids farewell to all creatures. He bids farewell to everything produced [muhdath] and everything made [masnu'], and he moves on toward the Maker [Sani'], for surely the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He) will take care of his wife and children and all his material means [asbab]. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Part of the spiritual condition [hal] is kept hidden from those who are remote, but not from those who are near, from those who hate but not from those who love. It is kept hidden from the majority, but not from the few. When this heart is sound and pure, it can hear the call of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He) from each of the six directions [right and left, above and below, in front and behind]. It can hear the call of every Prophet [nabi], Messenger [rasul], champion of truth [siddiq] and saint [wali]. At this stage he draws near to Him, so that his life comes to be nearness to Him and his death remoteness from Him. His contentment comes to be in his intimate conversation [munajat] with Him, and he is satisfied with this to the exclusion of everything else. He does not care about the loss of this world. He does not care about hunger and thirst, nakedness and indignity. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The seeker [murid] finds contentment in acts of obedience [ta'at], while the knower ['arif], who is sought [murad], finds contentment in nearness to Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). O you with your affectations, what is this you are up to? This business cannot be achieved through fasting by day and keeping vigil at night, eating rough food and wearing rough clothes, while still being influenced by the lower self [nafs], the passions [hawa], natural inclinations [tab'], ignorance and the opinions of other people. Nothing can come about through this. Woe unto you! Be sincere [akhlis] and you will be saved [takhlus]. Be truthful [usduq] and you will attain your goal, draw close to your aspiration and ascend to the heights. Surrender [sallim] and you will be safe and sound [salimta]. Be compliant [wafiq] and you will be helped to succeed [wuffiqta]. Be content [irda] and you will be approved of [rudiya 'anka]. You must make a start, then the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He) will bring things to completion for you. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e O Allah, take care of our affairs in this world and the hereafter. Do not entrust us to our own lower selves [nufus], nor to any of Your creatures! \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace) is reported as having said: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) will say to Gabriel: \"Put such and such a person to sleep, and make so and so get up.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e There are two ways of taking this [the first being]: \"Make a certain person-the lover [muhibb]-get up, and put another person-the beloved [mahbub]-to sleep. The former has claimed that he loves Me, so I must certainly examine him and put him in his proper place, until the leaves of his being with any but Me fall from him. Make him get up, until the proof of his claim is established, until his love is confirmed. And put a certain other person to sleep, because he is My beloved. He has long been toiling hard. Not a trace is left with him of any other than Me. His love for Me has become single, and confirmed are his claim, his proof and his fulfillment of My covenant. It is now My turn to fulfill his covenant. He is a guest, and the guest is not made to serve and toil. I shall let him sleep in the chamber of My tender care, and I shall let him sit at the table of My gracious favor. I shall entertain him in My nearness and I shall remove him from the presence of all others besides Me. His affection [mawadda] has proved to be genuine, and when affection is authentic formalities are dispensed with.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The other interpretation is: \"Put so and so to sleep, for I dislike the sound of his voice, and make that other person get up, for I love to hear his voice.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The lover becomes a loved one only when his heart is purified of everything apart from his Master (Almighty and Glorious is He). When his realization of the Divine Unity [tawhid] is complete, as well as his absolute trust [tawakkul], his faith [iman], his conviction [iqan] and his direct knowledge [ma'rifa], that is when he becomes a loved one. His suffering then departs and comfort comes to him. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Suppose someone loved a certain king, but was separated from him by a great distance, so love overwhelmed him and he set out in a daze, heading in the direction of the king's country. He travels by day and by night, enduring all kinds of hardship and danger. He enjoys neither food nor drink until he reaches the door of his palace. The king has had news about his condition, so he sends his servants out to welcome him. They take him to the bath [hamam] to get him cleaned up, dress him in the finest clothes and make him fragrant with perfumes. Then they bring him into the presence of the king, who entertains him, talks to him, asks him about his condition, marries him to the most beautiful of his slave girls and grants him a portion of his kingdom. He becomes the beloved favorite of the king, so what reason could he have, after all this, to be afraid or weary or to wish to go back to his own country? Why should he wish to part from him, when he has come to be established and trusted in his presence? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This heart, when it has attained to the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He), comes to be endowed with His nearness and His intimate conversation, secure in His presence, so it has no desire to leave Him again and go back to any other. The way for the heart to reach this station [maqam] is through the performance of the obligatory religious duties [fara'id], patient renunciation of unlawful things [haram] and carnal desires [shahawat], obtaining things that are permissible [mubah] and lawful [halal] without passion [hawa] and lust [shahwa] and involvement [wujud], and the practice of salutory restraint [wara' shafi] and perfect abstinence [zuhd kamil]. It is the giving up of everything apart from Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He), opposition to the lower self [nafs], the passions [hawa] and the devil [shaitan], the cleansing of the heart from all creatures whatsoever, and equal indifference to praise or blame, to receiving gifts or having them withheld, and to the hard life of the desert [hajar] or the comfort of civilized living [madar]. The first stage of this business is bearing witness that there is none worthy of worship except Allah [shahadatu an la ilaha illa'llah], and the last is equal indifference to rough or civilized living. When a person's heart is sound, he is so closely connected with his Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He) that desert and town, praise and blame, sickness and good health, riches and poverty, worldly success and failure are all on an equal footing as far as he is concerned. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When someone has genuinely reached this stage, he experiences the death of his lower self [nafs] and his passions [hawa], his natural urges cease to flare up, and his devil becomes humbly submissive to him. This world and its lords [arbab] become insignificant to his heart, while the hereafter and its lords acquire great importance in its sight. Then he turns away from both these worlds and moves toward his Master (Almighty and Glorious is He). His heart finds a track in the midst of creatures [khalq], on which it can pass through to the Truth [Haqq]. They step aside for him to right and left, pull back and clear the path for him. They run away from the fire of his truthfulness [sidq] and the awe-inspiring dignity of his innermost being [sirr]. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When someone has genuinely reached this stage, no opponent can make him turn back and no obstacle can bar his way to the door of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). His banner cannot be repulsed, nor his army put to flight. His birds [of good omen] cannot be silenced, and the sword of his affirmation of Unity [tawhid] cannot be blunted. His steps do not falter. His task is not difficult for him, and neither door nor lock can hold fast in front of him. Doors and locks fly apart, and all avenues are opened up. Nothing stands before him until he stands before the Lord. Then He will treat him kindly and let him sleep in His chamber. He will give him to eat of His gracious bounty and to drink of His intimate friendship [uns]. At this point he will see what no eye has ever seen, no ear has ever heard, and no human heart has ever conceived. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This servant's return to creatures is for the purpose of guiding them aright and ruling them. They are all subject to the dominion of this servant, who has attained to Him, who has seen Him and regards everything apart from Him as the work of creation. He becomes useful to the people as an expert [jahbadh], a mediator [safir] who points the way to the door of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). Now he is called great in the spiritual kingdom [malakut]. All creatures are under the feet of his heart and find protection in his shade. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You are not rightly guided. You lay claim to that which does not belong to you, and to what you do not possess. Your lower self [nafs] is in control of you, and creatures and all of this world are in your heart. In your heart they are greater than Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). You are outside the limit of the people [of the Lord] and their estimation. If you wish to attain to what I have hinted at, you must devote your attention to the purification of your heart from all things. You must obey the commandments and observe the prohibitions [of the Lord], be patient with destiny [qadar], and expel this world from your heart. After all this, come here to me, so that I may talk with you and tell you about what lies beyond all that. If you do this, you will obtain what you wish, but anything said beforehand would be senseless jabber. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Woe unto you! You need a bite to eat, you lose some trivial little thing, or you suffer an insult to your honor-and it is the end of the world for you! You protest against Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). You vent your rage by beating your wife and children. You curse your religion [din] and your Prophet [nabi]. If you were a sensible person, one of the people of wakefulness and vigilant awareness, you would hold your tongue in the presence of Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). You would look upon all of His actions [af'al] as a blessing for your benefit and in your interest. If you pause and do not quarrel, if you are thankful and not ungrateful, if you are content and not dissatisfied, if you are quiet and do not complain, you will be told: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eWill not Allah defend His servant?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e - (Qur'an 39:36) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e O hasty one, be patient and you will have good and wholesome food to eat. You do not know Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He). If you really knew ['arafta] Him, you would not complain about Him to others. If you really knew Him, you would hold your tongue in His presence. You would not demand things of Him and would not pester Him with your supplication [du'a']. No, you would rather comply with His wishes and be patient with Him. Be sensible! You do not need any justification. Everything He does is beneficial. He puts you to the test to see how you will behave. He examines you to find out whether you are confident of His promise, whether you realize that He is Watching you and Aware of you. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Surely you must realize that if the day-laborer [ruzkari] were to beg for a handout while inside the king's palace, this would amount to impudence and greediness on his part. He would be evicted at once from the palace, and would be told: \"This fellow needs to go begging.\" The faith [iman] of the believer [mu'min] cannot be complete as long as his heart still contains any cupidity, greed or importunate demand, or any creatures on whom his fears and hopes are pinned. To achieve this completeness he must practice constant reflection [fikr] and studiously examine the basic sources [usul: 'roots'] and the practical applications derived from them [furu': 'branches']. He must reflect upon the spiritual states [ahwal] of the Prophets [nabiyyun], the Messengers [mursalun] and the righteous [salihun], on how the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He) delivered them from the hands of their enemies and helped them to triumph over their foes, and on how He gave them relief and a way out of their problems. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is through genuine reflection that absolute trust [tawakkul] becomes truly established. This world disappears from the heart and it forgets about jinn, human beings, angels and all creatures, while it remembers the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). The owner of this heart comes to be as if no one else had been created. He comes to be as if he were the only one subject to the [divine] commandments, there being no other creatures; as if he were the only one subject to the [divine] prohibitions, likewise, and as if he were the sole recipient of the [divine] blessings. It seems to him that all obligations rest on the neck of his innermost being [sirr] and his heart. He sees the mountains of obligations, in all their variety of forms, as a mission [risala] from the One who imposes obligations [al-Mukallif], so he undertakes it in order to prove the reality of his servitude ['ubudiyya] and his readiness to obey [tawa'iyya]. He becomes a carrier for creatures, while the Creator carries him. He becomes a physician for them, while his Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He) is his own physician. He becomes the door for creatures to reach the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He), and a mediator [safir] between them and Him. He becomes a sun from which they receive light on their path toward Him. He becomes the food and drink of creatures, for he is never absent from them. He becomes their interest and welfare entirely, and forgets about himself. He comes to be as if he had no lower self [nafs], no natural inclinations [tab'] and no passions [hawa]. He forgets about his own food and drink and clothing. He becomes forgetful of himself, mindful of his Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He). He takes his heart away from his own self and from creatures, but remains with his Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He). All he seeks is the well-being of other creatures. He has committed his own self [sallama nafsahu] to the hand of the judgment [qada'] of his Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He), letting go of it completely. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Such is the character of one who is willing to undertake the task of conducting people to the door of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He). As for you, you are a crazy fool, ignorant of Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He), His Messengers [rusul], His saints [awliya'] and His special favorites [khawass] among His creatures. You claim to practice abstinence [zuhd], yet you are always craving [raghib]. Your abstinence is a cripple with no feet. Your only yearning is for this world and creatures. You have no yearning for your Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He). Be careful how you stand in front of me! Come with good thoughts and good manners, so that I may guide you to your Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He) and make you familiar with the path to Him. You must take off the clothes of arrogance and dress yourself in the clothes of humility. You must be put to shame, so that you may receive honor. You must humble yourself so that you may grow in stature. All that you are now engaged in and involved with is crazy foolishness. Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) pays no attention to it. This business does not come about through the actions of the physical body. Our Prophet Muhammad (Allah bless him and give him peace) used to say: \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Abstinence is in here. Pious devotion [taqwa] is in here. Sincerity [ikhlas] is in here. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e -and he would be pointing at his breast. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e If someone wishes for success [falah], let him become a piece of ground beneath the feet of the Shaikhs. What is the character of these Shaikhs? They are those who give up this world and creatures, who bid them farewell, who say goodbye to everything below the heavenly Throne ['arsh] down to the surface of the earth, who leave all things behind and bid them the farewell of one who will never be coming back to them again. They say goodbye to all creatures, including their own selves. Their existence [wujud] is together with their Lord (Almighty and Glorious is He) in all their states [ahwal]. If anyone seeks the love of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He) together with the existence of his own self [nafs], he is indulging in delusion and fantasy. The majority of those who behave like ascetics [mutazahhidun] and devout worshippers [muta'abbidun] are actually the slaves of creatures, whom they treat as if they were partners of Allah [mushrikuna bihim]. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e You must not put your trust in material means [asbab], making idols of them and depending on them, because you will incur the wrath of the Lord of Truth (Almighty and Glorious is He), of Him who is the Originator of all means [Musabbib al-asbab], the Creator [Khaliq] of them and the One who keeps them at His disposal [al-Mutasarrif fiha]. It is the firm belief [i'tiqad] of those who follow the Book of Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) and the Sunna of His Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace) that the sword does not cut because of its nature [tab'], but that it is Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) who cuts with it; that fire does not burn because of its nature, but that Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) is the One who uses it to burn; that food does not satisfy hunger because of its nature, but that Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) uses it to satisfy our hunger; that water does not quench thirst because of its nature, but that Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) is the One who quenches our thirst with it. Likewise with all material means in the variety of their forms, Allah (Almighty and Glorious is He) is the One who controls and applies them, while they are merely instruments in His hands, with which He does whatever He will. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Since He is the Doer [Fa'il] in reality ['ala'l-haqiqa], why do you not resort to Him in all your affairs, let go of your needs and make a regular practice of affirming His Oneness [tawhid] under all circumstances? His instructions are obvious; they are not concealed from any intelligent person. The slave gets beaten with a stick, but a nod is enough for the free man. You must obey Him, for He will honor those who obey Him. Do not disobey Him, for He will dishonor those who disobey Him. Triumph and failure are in His hand. He honors with triumph whomever He will, and dishonors with failure whomever He will. He honors with knowledge ['ilm] whomever He will, and dishonors with ignorance whomever He will. He honors with nearness whomever He will, and dishonors with remoteness whomever He will. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673476153652,"sku":"AB002","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Sublime-Revelation-_Al-Fath-Ar-Rabbani_-A-Collection-of-Sixty-Two-Discourses-Al-Baz-Publishing-40056979.webp?v=1778828952"},{"product_id":"utterances-of-shaikh-abd-alqadir-malfuzat","title":"Utterances of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir (Malfuzat)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eKnown as the Malfuzat, and generally found appended to manuscripts of Al-Fath ar-Rabbani [The Sublime Revelation], these are various sayings of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani made during the same time period covered by al-Fath ar-Rabbani, but are not discourses in their own right and thus do not fit into any of them. This is a collection of sayings and short talks on different topics of immense value to the believer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt is in the Malfuzat that the Shaikh mentions twice that wilayat [saintship] should be the goal of every Muslim, that is to say, that it is not beyond the aspiration of the common man to become a wali of Allah. He has lifted our eyes out of the dust set them in the direction of the most exalted levels, may Allah be pleased with him.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCover art by Rohana Filippi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKullu man 'alai-ha fan.\" \"All upon it [the earth] shall pass away.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" - {Quran 55:26}\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673476776244,"sku":"AB003","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Utterances-of-Shaikh-_Abd-al-Qadir-_Malfuzat_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40057530.webp?v=1778828985"},{"product_id":"the-removal-of-cares-jala-alkhawatir","title":"The Removal of Cares (Jala' al-Khawatir)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrologue of The Removal of Cares\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the Name of Allah, All-Merciful and Compassionate!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise be to Allah, the Lord of All the Worlds, and may Allah bestow blessings and peace upon our Master Muhammad and his family and his companions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The following discourses were delivered by the Shaikh, the Imam, the most learned scholar, the pious abstainer, the dutiful worshiper, the knower by direct experience, the avoider of excess, the Shaikh of Shaikhs, the proof of Islam [hujjat al-Islam], the axis of the human race [qutb al-anam], the upholder of the Sunna, the suppressor of heretical innovation, the crown of those who know by direct experience, the love of those who tread the spiritual path, the pillar of the Shari'a [the Law of Islam], the mainstay of the Haqiqa [the Experience of Reality] and the signpost of the Tariqa [the Spiritual Path], the chief of the saints, the leader of the pure, the lantern of those who travel the spiritual way, the guide, the captain of those who are devoted to their duty, the lamp of the people of devotion and purity, Shaikh Muhyi 'd-Din Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Qadir, son of Abu Salih Musa al-Jili the grandson of 'Abdullah the Hermit.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e May Allah sanctify his spirit and illuminate his mausoleum. May He gather us at the Resurrection as members of his company, and may He grant that we die in the embrace of his affection. May He allow us to enjoy the benefit of his blessed grace and of his spoken words, both in this world and in the hereafter. And may Allah bless our Master Muhammad and his family and his companions, each and every one of them, and may He grant them peace in great abundance. And praise be to Allah, Lord of All the Worlds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The first of these discourses [majalis] was delivered on a Friday, the 9th day of the month of Rajab, and the last of them was delivered on the 14th day of the blessed month of Ramadan, in the year [A.H.] 546.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Al-Baz Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673476907316,"sku":"AB004","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Removal-of-Cares-_Jala_-al-Khawatir_-Al-Baz-Publishing-40058185.webp?v=1778829017"},{"product_id":"sufficient-provision-for-seekers-of-the-path-of-truth-alghunya-litalibi-tariq-alhaqq","title":"Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth (Al-Ghunya li Talibi Tariq al-Haqq) (5 Volume Set)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrologue of Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePraise be to Allah for His gracious favor, and blessings and peace be upon the Prince of His Prophets and upon his family and his friends.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The following are the words of our Supreme Helper [Ghawthuna'l-A'zam], the Mainstay of the Arabs and the non-Arabs [Sanad al-'Arab wa'l-'Ajam], the Light of Mankind and the Jinn [Nur ath-Thaqalain], the Axis of East and West [Qutb al-Khafiqain], the Reviver of the Prophetic Example [Muhyi's-Sunna], Abu Muhammad 'Abd al-Qadir al-Hasani al-Husaini al-Jilani (may Allah the Exalted sanctify his innermost being, and may He pour His gracious blessings in abundance upon those who follow his lofty example):\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise be to Allah, for every book must begin with the declaration of His praise, as every speech must start with the mention of His name. The people of bliss will take delight in praising Him [hereafter] in the abode of requital and reward. By His name is every sickness healed, and with it every grief and tribulation is removed. Toward Him hands are raised in earnest entreaty and supplication, in hardship and in ease, in good times and in bad. He is Attentive [Sami'] to all voices, with all their various forms of speech in different languages, and He is Responsive [Mujib] to those who feel the need to appeal [to Him].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise be to Him, therefore, for all that is best and finest, and thanks be to Him for all the favors He has bestowed, for all the gifts He has granted, and for the evidence and guidance He has clearly shown. May His blessings be upon His chosen friend [safi] and Messenger [Rasul], Muhammad, through whom He has guided us out of error, and on his family, his companions, his brother Envoys [Mursalun] and the angels brought near [mala'ika muqarrabun], and may He grant them peace.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now to address the subject of the present work: One of my friends had been pressing me, urging me in very emphatic terms to compose this book, because of his excellent appreciation of what is right and proper. Of course, Allah is the One who protects from harm ['Asim] in words and deeds, the One who has insight [Muttali'] into consciences [dama'ir] and intentions [niyyat], and the Benefactor [Mun'im] who graciously condescends to facilitate whatever He wishes. Refuge with Him (Almighty and Glorious is He) must be sought through cleansing hearts of pretense [riya'] and hypocrisy [nifaq], and replacing bad deeds with good. 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Topics of the section on marriage in the 'Ihya include benefits of marriage, challenges of marriage, selecting a spouse, rules of married life, relations between husband and wife, having children, preferred actions at childbirth, obligations of spouses to each other, and avoiding divorce.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Imam Ghazali's magnum opus is aptly entitled \"The Revival of the Religious Sciences [Ihya' 'Ulum ad-Din].\" In its four volumes, the author deals with every aspect of the outer and inner life of the Muslim. The subject of Marriage, discussed in the section covered by this translation, is surely of particular interest and importance to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Author's Introduction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter One\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the merits and disadvantages of marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. The favorable view of marriage, supported by:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Qur'anic Verses [ayat] : b) Prophetic Traditions [akhbar] : c) Later Traditions [athar] :\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Traditions unfavorable to marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. The benefits of marriage:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The begetting of children. b) Immunity from Satan; relief from craving; protection against the perils of lust. c) Relaxation and recreation for the soul. d) Freedom from concern with running the household. e) Self-discipline and training through custodianship and guardianship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 4. The disadvantages of marriage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The difficulty of obtaining a lawful income. b) The difficulty of treating a wife properly. c) Worldly distractions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 5. Conclusions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Concerning the marriage contract.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Basic elements and conditions:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Concerning the consent of the marriage guardian [wali]. b) Concerning the agreement of the woman. c) Concerning the presence of witnesses. d) Concerning the offer and immediate acceptance [ijab wa-qabul].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Customary practices:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) The proposal of marriage [khitba]. b) The religious address [khutba] before the marriage. c) The bride should hear all about the bridegroom. It is likewise recommended that the groom should get to see the bride before the wedding. d) It is good to invite other virtuous people, as well as the witnesses. e) The bridegroom should marry with the intention of upholding the Prophetic example, of preserving modesty, of seeking offspring, and of obtaining the other benefits mentioned above. f) It is recommended that the marriage be contracted in the mosque and in the month of Shawwal.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Concerning the qualifications of the bride.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Legal impediments to marriage:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) She is already married to another. b) She is in the period of withdrawal ['idda] following widowhood, repudiation, or intercourse of uncertain legality. c) She has become an apostate ['murtadda] from Islam. d) She is a Magian [Zoroastrian]. e) She is an idolatress or atheist [zindiqa], owing allegiance to no Prophet or Scripture. f) She is a woman of scriptural religion but embraced that religion after it had been falsified, or subsequent to the mission of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace). g) She is a slave, while the prospective husband is a free man, either capable of supporting a free woman, or impoverished but immune to moral danger if he remains unmarried. h) She is wholly or partially owned as a slave by the prospective husband. i) She is closely related to the prospective husband, being an ascendant or descendant of his, a descendant of his ascendants in the first degree, or a descendant in the first degree of a more remote ascendant. j) She is forbidden through the relationship of suckling, which creates the same impediments as blood kinship with ascendants and descendants. k) She is related to him through marriage. l) She would be a fifth wife. m) Her sister or her aunt (paternal or maternal) is already married to the prospective husband. n) If the prospective husband has thrice repudiated her, she is unlawful to him as long as she has not consummated a valid marriage with a different husband. o) When the man has pronounced the oath of anathema [li'an] against his wife, she is thereby forever unlawful to him. p) Either party is in a state of consecration [ihram] for the Pilgrimage or Visitation [to Mecca]; the marriage cannot be contracted till deconsecration has been completed. q) She is a non-virgin minor; marriage with her is not valid until after she has attained puberty. r) She is an orphan; marriage with her is not valid until after she has attained puberty. s) She was one of the wives of Allah's Messenger (Allah bless him and give him peace), and was left a widow by him, or he has cohabited with her; such women are 'Mothers of the Believers.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Qualities in the woman that are conducive to a happy married life:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) Religious devotion. b) Goodness of character. c) Beauty. d) Moderate dower. e) Fertility. f) Virginity. g) Good lineage. h) Absence of close kinship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 3. Qualities desirable in the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Points to be considered by the marriage guardian [wali].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Conjugal Life.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1. Duties of the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The husband must observe fair treatment and good conduct in twelve matters:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) the wedding feast; b) companionship; c) dalliance; d) the exercise of authority; e) jealousy; f) maintenance; g) education; h) distribution of time; i) chastisement for disobedience; j) sexual intercourse; k) producing children; l) separation through repudiation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Concerning birth control ['azl].\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Proprieties connected with the birth of children:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) A man should not be too overjoyed at getting a boy, nor unduly sad at getting a girl. b) Giving the Call to Prayer in the baby's ear. c) A fine name should be given, as something to which the child has a right. d) The 'aqiqa [customary sacrifice of sheep]. e) Rubbing the child's palate.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In divorcing a wife, the husband must observe the following four points:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e a) He should divorce her during a period of inter-menstrual purity, in which he has not copulated with her. b) He should confine himself to a single repudiation pronouncement, and not use a three-in-one formula. c) He should be gentle in giving his reasons for repudiating her. d) He should not reveal secrets about his wife, no more after a repudiation than during the marriage itself.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 2. Rights of the husband.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The wife owes her husband absolute obedience in whatever he may demand of her, where she herself is concerned, as long as no sin is involved. 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In it is to be found the clear approval that the Imam had for the Sufi path, provided that the commandments of the Sacred Law (Shari'a) are faithfully observed. In it Ibn Taimiyya extols several of the great Sufi saints (awliya'), and elucidates many of the discourses of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis may surprise those who have been informed that Imam ibn Taimiyya was opposed to Sufism and was hostile to it. It is a fact that the Imam himself was a sufi, having taken the cloak (khirqa) of the Qadiris from Abi ibn Qudama who received it from Imam Muwaffaq ibn Qudama. 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The Dawr al-a’la (The Most Elevated Cycle), also known as the Hizb al-wiqaya (The Prayer of Protection), is a prayer of remarkable power and beauty. It consists of 33 verses, invoking protection through particular Divine Names and phrases from the Quran.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIt is said that whoever reads the prayer with sincerity of heart and utter conviction, while making a specific plea, will have their wish granted. This precious book provides a definitive edition of the Arabic text based on a substantial number of the best manuscript copies, and a lucid translation. 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Ibn ‘Arabi's teaching was brought to Britain by Bulent Rauf (d.1987), a descendant of the Ottoman elite, and discovered there by counterculture youth searching for new spiritual ways. Beshara is their joint legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe first detailed analysis of the adoption and adaptation of Ibn ‘Arabi's heritage by non-Muslims in the West, Beshara and Ibn ‘Arabi is a study of the movement's history, teachings and practices. It explores the interface between sufism and the New Age, and the broader contemporary encounter between Islam and the West. Investigating from a global perspective the impact of cultural transformations associated with modernization and globalization on religion, this timely volume concludes by tracing possible futures of sufi spirituality both in the West and in the Muslim world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book is essential reading for anyone interested in religious studies and the sociology of religion, Islamic studies and Sufism, and issues of cultural and spiritual dialogue between West and East.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Anqa Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673500893492,"sku":"ANQ009","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Beshara-and-Ibn-_Arabi_-A-Movement-of-Sufi-Spirituality-in-the-Modern-World-Anqa-Publishing-40084294.jpg?v=1780382163"},{"product_id":"dealing-with-lust-and-greed","title":"Dealing With Lust and Greed According To Islam","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAccording to the teachings of al-Islam, the desires and appetites play a vital part in the makeup of every human being; they cannot be ignored. The children of Adam, unlike the angels, face the challenge in this life of mastering these forces within us. If we fail to do so, then we become the servants of our appetites and thus fall below the level of the animal kingdom.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe hallmarks and influences of a \"civilizations\" which in practical terms almost enforces the domination of human desires and lusts over the traditional belief in the need to heed one's consciences and principles and exercise restraint are to be seen all around us. So are the consequences, which are manifestly unhappy in this world, let alone the Next World.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe keys to a happy and fulfilled life are to be found in the guidance contained in the Holy Qur'an and in the Sunna of the Blessed \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/113-prophet-muhammad-pbuh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eProphet Muhammad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, whose lifestyle embodied a perfect balance between enjoyment and abstention. In this book a distinguished Egyptian writer presents an authoritative and compelling account of the wise and practical teachings of Islam on how to deal with lust and greed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673583337780,"sku":"DT020","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Dealing-With-Lust-and-Greed-According-To-Islam-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40100177.jpg?v=1780381781"},{"product_id":"heart-and-tongue-their-sicknesses-and-cures","title":"Heart and Tongue: Their Sicknesses and Cures","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/18-quran-tafsir\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eQur'an\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e speaks of the people of paradise as \"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e...those who bring to Allah sound hearts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\" - \u003cstrong\u003e(26:87)\u003c\/strong\u003e and the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/113-prophet-muhammad-pbuh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eProphet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, may Allah bless him peace, said in a famous \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/17-hadith\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003ehadith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e: \"\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #008000;\"\u003eThere is a piece of flesh in the body, the nature of which is that when it is sound, the entire body is sound, and when it is corrupt, the entire body is corrupt\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\", the entire materialistic values it is often forgotten by Muslims as well as the non-Muslims she end the only truly viable posses pure heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe eminent Muslim scholar Yassin« Roshdy takes the opportunity in this small book to remind us of this vital fact of human existence. Basing himself firmly on the Book and Sunna. He looks at the heart and its window onto the world, the tongue; analyses the defects to which they are subject; and shows us how to avoid these dangers and purify ourselves. In so doing he provides us with an essential key to success in both this world and the Next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673611551028,"sku":"DT031","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Heart-and-Tongue_-Their-Sicknesses-and-Cures-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40104273.jpg?v=1780390656"},{"product_id":"journey-through-the-quran","title":"Journey Through The Qur'an: The Content and Context of the Suras","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"Journey through the Qur'an\" is the last and perhaps the most important work of the Egyptian scholar Sheikh Muhammad al-Ghazali. Whereas previous commentaries have always concentrated on explaining individual words and verses of the Holy Book, Sheikh al-Ghazali examines and explores the general theme or themes of each Sura in turn, and shows how they are expounded in the text.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDrawing upon his profound classical Islamic learning and an extensive knowledge of modern science, Sheikh al-Ghazali has broken new ground in Qur'anic studies, bringing to bear a fresh but wholly authentic approach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is a work which all serious students should have, to complement the classical tafsirs and studies. Indeed, \"Journey through the Qur'an\" will prove useful to all, Muslims and non-Muslims alike, who desire to increase their knowledge and understanding of Allah's final Revelation to mankind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Translator\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Abdurrahman Bewley, born 1948 in the United States. She holds a BA in French and MA in Near Eastern Languages from the University of California, Berkeley. She spent a year with a fellowship at the American University in Cairo and at the same time attended a seminar on Sufism and Islamic philosophy at Dar al-’Ulum. She is a student of Shaykh Abdalqadir al-Murabit, and also studied Ibn ‘Arabi with the late Sidi Fudul al-Hurawi in Fes, Morocco.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAisha Bewley converted to Islam in 1968. She is the author and translator of many published and unpublished works, some available on her website. She is married to Hajj Abdalhaqq Bewley with whom she often translates and mother of three children.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dar Al Taqwa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673614369076,"sku":"DT032","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Journey-Through-The-Qur_an_-The-Content-and-Context-of-the-Suras-Dar-Al-Taqwa-40105221.jpg?v=1780388624"},{"product_id":"tears-of-the-heart-rumi-selections","title":"From The Garden of The Mathnawi: Tears of the Heart:  Rumi Selections","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe honorable Mathnawi, composed more than seven hundred years ago by master Rumi in a vast state of love and ecstasy, has indeed come to occupy a unique place in the hearts of those searching for the Divine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eJust as the heart of a friend of Allah may not decay after death, so too those works of art that have emanated from such an incorrupt heart are immortal. After passing away, people with such refined hearts continue to live among us as they perform their services in the spiritual world. Their longevity transcends that of those who live only physically. Even if the transient physical bodies of their authors decompose in the grave and turn into dust, the works of their hearts, imbued with the fragrance of the eternal, will survive until the Day of Judgment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eApproaching the presence of the Lord through such spiritual fortune is only possible for those who have kept worldliness outside of their hearts; have not been enslaved by fame; and have totally submitted to the Divine will. The great master Rumi and his works, which are emanations from his heart, must be viewed in this manner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eIndeed, the Mathnawi is an ocean of bottomless depth with boundless meaning and uncountable secrets. Few books can be found that explain the Sufi doctrine in such detail. Through his use of stories, spiritual subjects difficult to comprehend by the mind are able to deeply penetrate the heart of the reader.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eCommentators have written of the Mathnawi:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“The Qur’an begins with the command ‘Read!’ while the Mathnawi begins with the command ‘Listen!’ The latter is an explanation of the former. We are told: ‘Listen to the divine word! Listen to its secrets! Listen to the truth hidden within you!’” In other words, breezes emanating from the Mathnawi, originating in the truth and secrets of the glorious Qur’an, fan the fire of spiritual love in the hearts of students on the spiritual path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Mathnawi is a poetic embodiment of Rumi’s inner world reflected in couplets and is a book of rich blessing filled with great gifts of fortune. Although an esoteric account of the divine journey Rumi began under the supervision of Shams al-Tabrizi, it has nevertheless been written according to the needs and degree of understanding of ordinary people. It is a record of unceasing cries and tears borne of his inner suffering traceable to the loss of his teacher Shams and his subsequent inability to find anyone suitable with whom to share his spiritual struggles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi has described the Mathnawi as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“The Mathnawi is a path of light for those who want to attain the Truth, understand divine secrets, and become familiar with them.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThese expressions give us a taste for the depth of enthusiasm and joy emanating from his servanthood to Allah. As an extension of this, let us not fail to remember that Allah the Almighty has revealed His aim in the creation of man as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“I have only created Jinns and human beings so that they may serve me” (Zariyat, 56).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe Mathnawi is a conversation between Rumi and his student Husameddin. It opens through his contact with Husameddin and by virtue of their association moves forward. If one were to depart, the current flowing between them would cease to circulate. When they would re-unite, their hearts would once again be swollen with currents of spiritual joy and the couplets would again flow.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi quddisa sirruh said: “I composed this Mathnawi in such a way that it suits Husameddin.” This statement is actually a lament for not being able to express his secret as his heart desired due to the loss of the ocean of love named Shams. Had Rumi written the Mathnawi as a conversation with Shams, who knows what great secrets would have manifested in its couplets through the burning songs that would have erupted from it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eFariduddin Attar, may Allah be pleased with him, resembles Rumi in his vision of life. He too was in distress for not being able to find someone who could understand him. His words below express their mutually common state:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eI was a bird. I flew from the world of secrets. My purpose was to take a prey up with me (i.e. find a friend who could understand my secret). Unfortunately, I could not find anyone familiar with secrets. I returned through the same door I had used to enter.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi quddisa sirruh has told hundreds of stories that are intertwined with one another. His purpose has been to lead us into drawing lessons from them through our spontaneous application of reason and our construction of analogies. In other words, he has succeeded in making subjects well beyond the reach of our rational minds comprehensible in an experiential manner. Consequently, his purpose transcends the mere transmission of legends. He has explained this as follows:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e“The purpose is to draw lessons from stories, not to tell tales….”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eRumi conveys his admonitions, advice, and warnings in the form of stories. Therefore, his desire is for his audience to understand deeply the truth and spirit underlying them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eO brother and sister! The story resembles the husk while the meaning resembles the kernel of wheat inside it. The intelligent person consumes and digests the wheat, without being distracted by the husk!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eListen to the outer aspect of the story but make sure that you know how to separate the wheat from the chaff.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eMy words are never pointless tales. Think about them; they reflect our current state.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eOne may clearly understand from these statements that there are many deep lessons and messages to be gleaned from the stories Rumi has told. For this reason, one should always strive to understand the inner meanings without being distracted by the vehicles used to articulate them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eRumi quddisa sirruh has also explained that the purification of one’s heart is only possible through association with a perfectly qualified teacher who, being an heir to Prophet Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wa sallam is capable of such a spiritual transmission. He stresses that without overcoming the obstacle of the ego, external knowledge cannot be realized as internal wisdom. Likewise, without attaining to this one can understand neither the purpose of our creation nor the honor of our existence, and finally without this one cannot discover his inner essence. Protection from the evils of the ego requires that one be able to know himself through the realization of his nothingness before the divine glory, and through discovering that the journey to Allah can be carried out only by virtue of an internal life based on divine love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cbr style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003eThe great master Rumi illustrates unpracticed external knowledge as follows: “To be sure, good words that are not put into practice are as but a beautifully decorated but unbecoming, temporarily owned dress.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ekram Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673649266996,"sku":"EP001","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/From-The-Garden-of-The-Mathnawi_-Tears-of-the-Heart_-Rumi-Selections-Ekram-Publications-40109926.jpg?v=1780386004"},{"product_id":"love-for-allah","title":"Love for Allah","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“Love For Allah,” by Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad, intimately explores the importance of having love for Allah (Glorious and Exalted is He), and the effects that love can have on the heart of a believer. Most importantly however, the book delves into how a person can develop a sincere love for their Creator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe remaining chapters of the book explore the signs that mark those believers that truly love Allah and the benefits that are reaped for that love. These themes are explored through the stories of the companions of the \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/113-prophet-muhammad-pbuh\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eProphet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e (May Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him) and the successive generations of righteous believers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eInterspersed throughout the text are English translations of Arabic and Urdu poems, which highlight the concepts discussed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Faqir Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673650872628,"sku":"FP001","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Love-for-Allah-Faqir-Publications-40110060.jpg?v=1780389272"},{"product_id":"glistening-lights-volume-1","title":"Glistening Lights: Discourses of Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi - Volume 1","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA collection of discourses by Shaykh Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi. This volume contains discourses on the following topics:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eMarriage in Islam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBlessings of Righteousness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGuarding The Tongue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eRectifying The Heart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Purpose of Life\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eCompany of The Friends of Allah\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book is a humble attempt at rendering an English translation of one of the Shaykh's priceless works, Khutbaate Faqeer volume 1, an amazing collection of discourses. While the content herein is extraordinary, even more amazing is the effect that it has produced on those who have listened to or read it. Unfortunately, it is virtually impossible to convey such realities on paper. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Faqir Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673666797876,"sku":"FP006","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Glistening-Lights_-Discourses-of-Shaykh-Zulfiqar-Ahmad-Naqshbandi-Volume-1-Faqir-Publications-40111782.jpg?v=1780549248"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-s-path-to-sufism","title":"Al-Ghazali's Path To Sufism: His Deliverance from Error","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe present volume contains a translation of Ghazali's autobiography, The \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eDeliverance from Error\u003c\/span\u003e, one of the most remarkable personal documents to have come down to us from Islamic civilization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Imam describes his education and his intellectual crisis which left him so paralyzed by doubt that he was forced to resign the most distinguished academic appointment of his day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px; color: #d0121a;\"\u003ePreface By David Burell SSC\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction By William A. Graham\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673683280180,"sku":"FV001","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali_s-Path-To-Sufism_-His-Deliverance-from-Error-Fons-Vitae-40113865.jpg?v=1780390339"},{"product_id":"counsels-of-religion","title":"Counsels of Religion","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe contents of the book are in many ways similar to those of the Ihya’, despite the fact that the latter is made of four large volumes. The book opens with a discourse on taqwa or God-fearing, leading up to the role of taqwa in attaining to a good ending to life, which means passing into the next life as a Muslim, thereby making certain of reaching paradise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs parts of taqwa are discussed such outward endeavors as unity among Muslims, the avoidance of division and discord, and the duty to enjoin good and forbid evil. Taqwa also comprises inward things such as contentment with God and His decrees, avoiding distraction and illusory hopes, fear of God, the remembrance of death, avoiding hoping for forgiveness without working for it, while using predestination as a justification.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe essential role of knowledge in Islam is discussed next, followed by four of the five pillars of Islam. The fifth, which in the usual order comes first, the testimony of La ilaha illa’llah, Muhammadun Rasulu’llah is left till the end, where it is explained as the Creed of Ahl al-Sunna wa’l-Jama‘a.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe four other pillars, the ritual prayer, zakat, fasting, and pilgrimage, are discussed not in regard with their outward legal aspect, but rather their dimension of ihsan, which is what one ought to do and what pitfalls to avoid in order to render the act of worship outwardly and inwardly sound and thus acceptable to God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAmong the most important things which make an act of worship acceptable is the degree to which one’s heart is present with God, and to this and to reciting the Qur’an a chapter is devoted. The eighth and ninth chapters are related, since enjoining good and forbidding evil constitute a major part of Jihad. The tenth relates to the rights and duties of people toward each other, such as the duties of political leaders towards their communities, those of judges, those of children toward their parents, parents toward their \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/33-children-youth\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003echildren\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, spouses toward each other, relatives, and other such matters with which those who enjoin good and forbid evil should be well acquainted.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThen come two chapters which in the Ihya’ constitute two of its largest sections and so to speak its heart, “Ruinous Things” which are those deeds, emotions, and characters which ruin one’s heart by darkening it, and “Saving Things” which, being their opposites, lead to the heart’s purification and enlightenment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eRuinous things include everything that is legally forbidden, as well as the crimes of the tongue and ailments of the heart such as arrogance, resentful envy, avarice, and so on.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSaving things include repentance, the nine stations of certainty mentioned in the Book of Assistance, in addition to sincerity, reflection, and short hopes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673689932084,"sku":"FV002","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Counsels-of-Religion-Fons-Vitae-40114618.jpg?v=1780381466"},{"product_id":"gifts-for-the-seeker","title":"Gifts for the Seeker","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book answers many of the questions often asked by seekers of inward illumination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat are the real implications of the doctrine of divine unity? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow can proper concentration be achieved during spiritual exercises? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhen should one avoid participating in Sufi gatherings? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat is the relationship between the tongue, the mind, and the heart? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow is one to understand visions received in sleep?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe work also includes the author’s commentary on a poem on inner wayfaring which speaks of the most exalted stations of the path and goes on to explain a number of paradoxes of the Way, such as the reason as why the saints usually refuse to deploy their miraculous powers, preferring to concentrate on self-scrutiny and the compassionate guidance of others. 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His writings include a volume of mystical poetry and several books, some of which are especially popular in Swahili and Malay translations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673694126388,"sku":"FV003","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Gifts-for-the-Seeker-Fons-Vitae-40114827.jpg?v=1780549219"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-assistance","title":"The Book of Assistance","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThere are many books in English which present Sufi doctrine, but few which can be used as practical travel guides along the Path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOriginally written in Classical Arabic, the aptly-named Book of Assistance is today in widespread use among Sufi teachers in Arabia, Indonesia and East Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePresented here in the readable translation of Dr. Badawi, this manual of devotions, prayers and practical ethics will be invaluable to all who love the Prophet and the Sufi way.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673701990708,"sku":"FV005","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Book-of-Assistance-Fons-Vitae-40115419.jpg?v=1780402704"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-the-marvels-of-the-heart","title":"Al-Ghazali: The Marvels of the Heart","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is a classic Sufi manual on the 'science of the heart.'  For Sufis, the 'heart' is more than a piece of flesh, it is the seat of the soul, and holds the key to the intimate relationship which exists between soul and body. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eEach heart, according to this traditional wisdom accumulated over centuries of spiritual practice and experience, possesses four qualities: predatory, animal, demonic, and divine. 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But the one who has polished his heart is made luminous by God's light, and brings that light to others, which is the quality of sainthood. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction By T.J. 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Among his most outstanding contributions to Muslim intellectual life were masterly defenses of Islamic orthodoxy, mysticism, and law, against the attacks of those who advocated purely legalistic, or entirely esoteric, readings of the religion. He hence articulated the Islam of the middle way, in balance between the extremes of the letter and the spirit. As such, his works have become a manifesto for modern Muslims struggling against extremist and hence heterodox readings of the faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe volume also contains extensive translations from other key works of Ghazali. One is the Definitive Criterion (Faysal al-Tafriqa), which shows the generous, inclusive nature of Islam and the difficulties involved in excluding any individual from it. This is followed by a tract against the Ismaili sect, and writings on conforming the character to the divine, and on the 'Wonders of the Heart', an important Sufi tract about the nature and function of the soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition contains five important works of Ghazali in addition to \"The Deliverance from Error,\" which makes the volume a significant contribution to the works of Al-Ghazali currently available. Included as appendices are Kitab Sharh Aja'ib al-Qalb (The Explanation of the Wonders of the Heart), Al-Qistas al-Mustaqim (The Correct Balance), Al-Maqsad al Asna fi Sharh Ma'ani Asma Allah al-Husna (The Noblest Aims in the Explanation of God's Fairest Names), Faysal al-Tafriqa bayn al-Islam wa l-Zandaqa (The Clear Criterion for Distinguishing between Islam and Godlessness), and Fada'ih al-Batiniyya wa Fada'il al-Mustazhiriyya (The Infamies of the Batinites and Virtues of the Mustazhieites).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFons Vitae has done a great service by republishing McCarthy's Freedom and Fulfillment. This is by far the most scholarly, thoughtful, and sympathetic translation of al-Ghazali's classic autobiography. It also includes several extremely pertinent selections from al-Ghazali's other works, making it the best one-volume selection of his writings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673725026612,"sku":"FV011","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Deliverance-from-Error-Fons-Vitae-40118799.jpg?v=1780548690"},{"product_id":"journey-to-the-lord-of-power-a-sufi-manual-on-retreat","title":"Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eJourney to the Lord of Power is the first English translation of Ibn 'Arabi's twelfth-century text dealing with spiritual ascent. 'Arabi, whose metaphysical teachings have had a profound influence on both the Muslim and Christian worlds, is known as one of the greatest writers of mystical love poetry of all time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWritten in answer to the questions of a friend, this illuminating guide describes the evolutionary path of our higher spiritual aspirations, the quest for the ultimate reality, the journey toward God. It is chiefly concerned with spiritual retreat, an advanced and potentially dangerous Sufi practice that aims at the attainment of the Presence of God through absolute abandonment of the world. Realizing the imagination's deceptive power, 'Arabi warns that this form of retreat should not be undertaken except at the order of a sheikh or by one who has mastered the self. Each stage of the journey is accompanied by a temptation which can be overcome only by an unshakable desire for God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e'Arabi explains each step of the ascent leading toward human perfection. In this perilous voyage of self-discovery, the reader will encounter the Realms of the mineral, vegetable, and animal worlds, eventually reaching the Gardens and the Throne of Mercy. The traveler of the Sufi mystic path is called upon to cleanse his or her heart in order to safely reach the final destination, the Lord of Power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003ch3\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Inner Traditions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673734332724,"sku":"IT003","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Journey-to-the-Lord-of-Power_-A-Sufi-Manual-on-Retreat-Inner-Traditions-40120215.jpg?v=1780388658"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-the-ninety-nine-beautiful-names-of-god","title":"Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​In this work, here presented in a complete English edition for the first time, the problem of knowing God is confronted in an original and stimulating way. Taking up the Prophet’s teaching that ‘Ninety-nine Beautiful Names’ are truly predicated of God, the author explores the meaning and resonance of each of these divine names, and reveals the functions they perform both in the cosmos and in the soul of the spiritual adept.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAlthough some of the book is rigorously analytical, the author never fails to attract the reader with his profound mystical and ethical insights, which, conveyed in his sincere and straightforward idiom, have made of this book one of the perennial classics of Muslim thought, popular among Muslims to this day.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume won a \u003cspan style=\"color: #0000cd;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eBritish Book Design and Production Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e in 1993.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; 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text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e1.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining the Meaning of ‘Name’, ‘Named’, and ‘Act of Naming’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplanation of Names Close in Meaning to One Another.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e3.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the One Name which Has Different Meanings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e4.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Explaining that a Man’s Perfection and Happiness Consist in Being Moulded by the Moral Qualities of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e5.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn Explaining the Meaning of God’s Ninety-nine Names.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e6.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Explanation of How these Many Names Resolve to the Essence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e7.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Explanation of How these Attributes Resolve to a Single Essence, according to the School of the Mu’tazilites and the Philosophers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e8.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining that the Names of God Are Not Limited to Ninety-nine.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e9.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eExplaining the Benefits of Enumerating Ninety-nine Names Specifically.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e10.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"40\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAre the Names and Attributes Applied to God Based on Divine Instruction, or Permitted on the Basis of Reason?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAim of The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bebooksubtitle\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eIn the Name of God the Infinitely Good, the Merciful\u003c\/span\u003e Praise be to God, alone in His majesty and His might, and unique in His sublimity and His everlastingness, who clips the wings of intellects well short of the glow of His glory, and who makes the way of knowing Him pass through the inability to know Him; who makes the tongues of the eloquent fall short of praising the beauty of His presence unless they use the means by which He praises Himself, and use His names and attributes which He has enumerated. And may blessings be upon Muhammad, the best of His creatures, and on his companions and his family.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNow, a brother in God—great and glorious—to answer whom is a religious duty, has asked me to elucidate the meanings of the most beautiful names of God. His questions were incessant, and made me take one step forward and another backward, hesitating between heeding his inquiry and so satisfying the duty of brotherliness, or declining his request by following the way of caution and deciding not to venture into danger, for human powers fall far short of attaining this goal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow else could it be? For two things deter a discerning person from plunging into such a sea. First of all, the matter itself represents a lofty aspiration, difficult to attain and uncertain of accomplishment. For it is at the highest summit and represents the farthest of goals, such that minds are bewildered by it and the sight of intellects falls far short of its principles, not to mention its farthest reaches. How could human powers follow the way of investigation and scrutiny regarding the divine attributes? Can the eyes of bats tolerate the light of the sun?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second deterrent: declaring the essence of the truth of this matter all but contradicts whatever the collectivity has hitherto believed. Now weaning creatures from their habits and familiar beliefs is difficult, and the threshold of truth is too exalted to be broached by all or to be sought after except by lone individuals. The nobler the thing sought after the less help there is. Whoever mixes with people is right to be cautious; but it is difficult for one who has seen the truth to pretend not to have seen it. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFor one who does not know God—great and glorious— silence is inevitable, while for one who knows God most high, silence is imposed. So it is said: ‘for one who knows God, his tongue is dulled’. But the sincerity of the original request, together with its persistence, overcame these excuses. So I asked God—great and glorious—to facilitate what is right and be liberal in rewarding by His graciousness and His benevolence and His abundant generosity; for He is the liberal and generous One, indulgent to His servants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003eThe Beginning of The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWe have seen fit to divide the discussion in this book into three parts. Part One will treat preliminary and introductory matters; Part Two, goals and objectives; Part Three supplementary and complementary matters. The chapters of the first part will consider the goals in an introductory and preparatory way, while the chapters of the third part are attached to them so as to complement and complete them. But the core of what we are seeking is contained in the middle part. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAs for the first part, it includes (1) explaining the truth of what is to be said concerning the name, the named, and the act of naming, (2) exposing the errors into which most groups have fallen regarding this matter, and (3) clarifying whether it is permitted for those names of God which are close to one another in meaning—like \u003cem\u003eal-Azim\u003c\/em\u003e (the Immense), \u003cem\u003eal-Jalil\u003c\/em\u003e (the Majestic), and \u003cem\u003eal-Kabir\u003c\/em\u003e (the Great)—to be predicated according to a single meaning so that they would be synonymous, or must their meanings differ? Furthermore, (4) it explains about a single name which has two meanings: how does it share these two meanings? Is it predicated of both of them, as a general predicate of the things it names [as ‘animal’ is said of a lion and a lamb], or must it be predicated of one of them in particular? Finally, (5) it explains how man shares in the meaning of each of the names of God—great and glorious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second part includes (1) the clarification of the meaning of the ninety-nine names of God and (2) the explanation how the people of the Sunna reduce them all to an essence with seven attributes, and (3) how the doctrine of the Mu’tazilites and the philosophers reduces them to a single essence without multiplicity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe third part explains (1) that the names of God most high exceed the ninety-nine by divine instruction, and explains (2) how it is permissible to describe God most high by whatever may qualify Him even if no permission or divine instruction be found—so long as it is not prohibited. Finally, it explains (3) the advantage of the enumeration and specification of the one hundred-minus-one names.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47673741902132,"sku":"ITS004-HB","price":69.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47673741934900,"sku":"ITS004-PB","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-the-Ninety-nine-Beautiful-Names-of-God-Islamic-Texts-Society-40121217.jpg?v=1780547291"},{"product_id":"the-book-of-certainty-the-sufi-doctrine-of-faith-vision-and-gnosis","title":"The Book of Certainty: The Sufi Doctrine of Faith, Vision and Gnosis","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e​A Selection from the Table of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 1px; width: 519px; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e1.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Truth of Certainty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e2.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Garden of the Spirit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e3.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Eye of Certainty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e4.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Lore of certainty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e5.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Gardens of the Heart and the Soul\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e6.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Fall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e11.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Symbolism of Marriage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e12.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Sun and the Moon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e14.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"30\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e15.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Narrow Gate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e16.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd height=\"25\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 1px solid #e5e6e7; font-weight: normal; font-style: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; height: inherit; text-align: left;\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Covenant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;\"\u003eBook Extract\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"booktitle\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 14.5px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; line-height: 20px;\"\u003eChapter Two\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"bookformat\" style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: bold; font-style: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .2em; line-height: 30px;\"\u003eTHE GARDEN OF SPIRIT\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px;\"\u003e \u003cem\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003eAnd for him that feareth the High Degree of his Lord there are two gardens ... And beyond these are two other gardens ... Therein are two fountains gushing... Therein is fruit, and the date palm, and the Pomegranate.\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQur’an, LV 46, 62, 66, 68.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBetweenthe degree of human perfection and that of extinction in the Divine Perfection there are said to be innumerable spiritual degrees whose multiplicity is sometimes represented by a symbolic number as is the multiplicity of the different Heavens to which they correspond. Apart from considering Universal Man in the Supreme Truth, it is possible to consider him also according to his plenitude in one of these spiritual degrees. Thus, for example, it is said that on the Night Journey, when the Prophet Muhammad was taken from Mecca to Jerusalem, and thence up through the next world to the Divine Presence, he met one other Prophet in each of the seven Heavens; for this does not mean that each of these Prophets had only reached the Heaven in which he was encountered, but that as it were below his extinction in the Truth of Certainty his Spirit is considered as presiding over that particular Heaven in view of some special characteristic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe seven Heavens together make up one of the Paradises, which the Chapter of the All-Merciful mentions in the above-quoted verses as being of the number of four. According to the commentary, the two first-mentioned of these Paradises are the gardens of the Soul and the Heart, above which is the celestial Paradise, the Garden of the Spirit, which comprises the seven Heavens, and finally the Garden of the Essence Itself.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhen the Archangel Gabriel appeared to the Prophet on earth, he did so in the form of a man of the most marvellous beauty, for indeed the human eye was not created to receive ally more direct manifestation of the Truth than this, nor could the earth itself have endured the unmitigated presence of any heavenly power. But on the night journey, when the zenith of the seventh Heaven had been reached, all the Prophet’s possibilities had been as it were reabsorbed into his supreme spiritual plenitude which is named the Light of Muhammad (\u003cem\u003ean-naru’l-muhammadi\u003c\/em\u003e); and with the Eye of this Light he was able to look upon that which he had never seen before, and indeed his sight now demanded no less an object of perception than the full unveiled glory of the Archangel. Twice only did he behold this wonder, both times during the night journey. The first vision was just before the Light of Muhammad was reabsorbed into the Light of the Essence, that is, just before his entry into the Divine Presence. The second vision was on his emerging from the Presence, before he and the Archangel had begun their return journey in descent through the different Heavens, that is, before the two splendours had begun to diminish (just as in ascent they had gradually increased), each in proportion to the diminishment of the other’s capacity for beholding. It is the full vision which is referred to in the following verses from the Chapter of the Star; and these verses express also Universal Alan’s direct consciousness that absolutely nothing is Independent of the Truth and that even the greatest glories of creation, for all their apparently self-sufficient brightness, are not in Reality to he separated from the Glory of the Creator:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-size: 12px; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 17px; color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003eAnd verily he saw him at another revelation, beside the lote-tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003eof\u003cem\u003ethe uttermost boundary, whereby is the Garden\u003c\/em\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003eRefuge. When there enshrouded the lote-tree That Which enshroudeth, the sight wavered not, nor did it transgress. Verily he saw, of the Signs of his Lord, the Greatest.\u003c\/span\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e- \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQur’an, LIII: 13-18\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the words of the commentator the lote-tree is ‘a tree in the seventh Heaven which marketh the boundary of the Angels’ knowledge. None of them knoweth what is beyond it ... It is the supreme Spirit\u003cem\u003e(ar-rnhu’l-a’zam)\u003c\/em\u003e... above which there is nothing but the Pure Selfhood\u003cem\u003e(al-huwiyyah) ..\u003c\/em\u003e.He(the Prophet) was not veiled by it (the lote-tree) and its form, nor by Gabriel in the fullness of his angelhood, from the Truth (when It overflowed upon the lote-tree), and therefore He hath said:\u003cem\u003eThe sight wavered not,\u003c\/em\u003eby turning aside and looking at other than It,\u003cem\u003enor did it transgress,\u003c\/em\u003ethrough looking at itself and being veiled by the individuality.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Garden of Refuge is the highest part of the Garden of the Spirit, to which, in one or more of its parts or aspects, apply also most of the other names of Paradises which are mentioned in the Qur’an. But in respect of the Spirits of those who are brought nigh, every Paradise is virtually one of the Gardens of Firdaus and may actually become so through\u003cem\u003e‘That Which enshroudeth’,\u003c\/em\u003eas did the Garden of Refuge for the Prophet and the Archangel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBeside the lote-tree of the uttermost boundary, that is, at the extreme verge of the created Universe, there springs the Fountain of the Spirit, which is one of the two fountains mentioned in the opening quotation. According to the commentary it is ‘the knowledge of the Oneness of the Qualities’. Here the traveller has as it were the ‘proof’ of the doctrine of Divine Unity, for it is said that from this Paradise the Qualities appear like veils of light, behind each of which shines the Light of the Essence Itself, Which is always One and the Same. Thus the commentator further defines the Fountain of the Spirit as being ‘the knowledge of contemplation’(\u003cem\u003emushahadah\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003ewhereas the Fountain of the Essence is ‘Knowledge of the Unity of the Essence, that is, knowledge of extinction’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe date, which is the fruit of the Garden of the Spirit, is ‘that which containeth food and enjoyment, the contemplation of the Celestial Lights and of the Manifestations of the Divine Beauty and Majesty in the Station of the Spirit; for in its Paradise the kernel of the individuality still remaineth, taking nourishment and delight therefrom’. The pomegranate, which is the fruit of the Paradise of the Essence, is described as ‘that which containeth enjoyment and medicinal balm in the station of Union, in the Paradise of the Essence. It is direct consciousness of the Essence (\u003cem\u003eash-shuhud adh-dhati\u003c\/em\u003e)through pure extinction in which there is no individuality to be fed but only unalloyed delight and the cure of the sickness of seeming to be left over (apart from the Truth) in a state of insecurity.’ This is the Fruit of the Truth of Certainty, and It is still beyond one who has reached only the Garden of the Spirit. But such a one may be said to have reached something more than the Eye of Certainty, for although his individuality, that is, his self, still appears to remain, not being utterly consumed in the Truth, he at least feels as it were the warmth of Its Flames, whereas the Eye of Certainty sees These Flames only, being the knowledge of one who has reached the state of human perfection and no more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e--------------------------------------------------------\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e‘To express in the language of Sufism, that is, Islamic mysticism, some of the universal truths which lie at the heart of all religions\u003cstrong\u003e, \u003c\/strong\u003ethis is the book’s avowed purpose. It came into being because the author was asked by a friend to set down in writing what he considered to be the most important things that a human being can know. He was also asked to make it very easy, and despite the depth of all that it contains, it has in fact a remarkable simplicity and clarity, due no doubt to the constant use of traditional imagery which awakens and penetrates the imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘This book is an excellent introduction to Sufism, highly intelligent, balanced, lucid, well-written and in places really eloquent. ’\u003c\/em\u003eIslamic Culture, Hyderabad\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘Abu Bakr Siraj ad-Din has bestowed upon the world a great benefaction in giving it this very important Sufic treatise, for, belonging as it does to our own time, it is easier for us to assimilate than are the treatises and commentaries of Sufis of old.’\u003c\/em\u003eIslamic Quarterly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: .5em 0px; font-size: 12px; border: 0px; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; line-height: 17px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘A wonderful, short and sweet discussion of symbols and the spiritual world...an important and significant window into the Sufi mode of speech.’\u003c\/em\u003eJournal of Islamic Studies.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673757663540,"sku":"ITS009","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Book-of-Certainty_-The-Sufi-Doctrine-of-Faith_-Vision-and-Gnosis-Islamic-Texts-Society-40124053.jpg?v=1780402729"},{"product_id":"rumi-the-hidden-treasure","title":"Rumi: The Hidden Treasure","description":"\u003cp\u003eCome back, come back,\u003cbr\u003eeven though you have broken your vows a thousand times,\u003cbr\u003eOurs is not a house of despair, \u003cbr\u003eours is a house of hope.\u003cbr\u003e                                      -Jelaluddin Rumi \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShems Friedlander, whose The Whirling Dervishes and When You Hear Hoofbeats, Think of a Zebra became instant classics, now offers us another jewel--unique in that it brings to light hitherto unpublished material on the sacred music and dance, or \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_49 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"49\" id=\"49\"\u003esema\u003c\/g\u003e of the Mevlevi Dervishes. We are treated to a wonderful explanation of the significance and symbolism of the dress and movement of the dance performed in the \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_50 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"50\" id=\"50\"\u003esemahane\u003c\/g\u003e--the Hall of Celestial Sounds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFriedlander himself has been a member of the Mevlevi order of dervishes (known in the west as the Whirling Dervishes), founded by Jalaluddin Rumi, for 25 years and has been initiated as a \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_40 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"40\" id=\"40\"\u003esheikh\u003c\/g\u003e of both the Mevlevi and Halveti order of dervishes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe brings an insight and understanding of the work of Rumi which links it to the roots of Rumi's thought. This offers the reader an insider's in-depth view of Rumi which other contemporary \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"39\" id=\"39\"\u003ewho\u003c\/g\u003e have adapted his work for the west fail to elucidate. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs Friedlander presents the \"Roots of His Thought,\" the story of Rumi's life unfolds in an entirely fresh and accessible manner, sprinkled with the Master's poetic insights. The work concludes with a most admirable explanation of the inner and outer nature of sacred music and we are shown how a \"glimpse of Truth is revealed by vibrations and sound.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673764282676,"sku":"FV017","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Rumi_-The-Hidden-Treasure-Fons-Vitae-40124525.jpg?v=1780401844"},{"product_id":"the-shape-of-light-hayakal-nur","title":"The Shape of Light: Hayakal al-Nur","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe twelfth-century Sufi Shihabuddun Yahya Al-Suhrawardi (1155-11 91 A.D., 549-587 A.H.) was the founder of the Illuminationist or Ishraqi school, a philosophy of \"light\" or intellectual intuition, influenced by Platonism, Hermeticism, and, especially, the teachings of Persian Sufi masters. Born in Azerbaijan, Suhrawardi spent most of his adult life in Persia, where he died at the age of 38, after being imprisoned by the authorities for his beliefs. He is the author of over 50 works in Arabic and Persian, including the treatise presented here and the work that is \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_34 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del\" data-gr-id=\"34\" id=\"34\"\u003econside red\u003c\/g\u003e his masterpiece, Hikmat al-\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_35 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"35\" id=\"35\"\u003eishraq\u003c\/g\u003e (The Theosophy of Illumination).\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"How do souls differ from one another in the eternal realm?\" This and other related matters are addressed in Suhrawardi's treatise, Hayakal al-Nur, which is arranged in seven categories called \"Forms of Light.\" Points considered in this volume include the limitations of man's senses and his true or \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_27 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"27\" id=\"27\"\u003etheomorphic\u003c\/g\u003e essence; the nature and levels of the human soul and the various realms or Centers, the Nur al Muhammadi or Absolute Mind, as well as Ordinary Mind and Divine Mind, the nature of the firmaments; and the meaning of pleasure and pain.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAlso included here: a preface drawn from the words of the twelfth-century saint and master Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani on the inner nature of the human heart, explicating the mystical Quranic verse on Light; an introduction by Shaikh Tosun Bayrak differentiating between mystical philosophy and the philosophy of Sufism; ten pieces of calligraphy of the Beautiful Names of Allah from the Grand Mosque (Ulu Cami) in Bursa, Turkey; and a Sufi fable in which a mysterious city becomes a metaphor for the layers of the human soul and for the created world, simultaneously.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this last marvelous section, a Wayfarer journeys inward to the castle at the Center and encounters the Principles, Virtues, and Vices clothed as administrators and members of the population. After passing through the outer domains of the \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_26 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"26\" id=\"26\"\u003enafs\u003c\/g\u003e, Ammara, the Imperious City of Freedom and Pleasure, and Lawwama, the City of Self Reproach, he \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_36 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"36\" id=\"36\"\u003eat last\u003c\/g\u003e reaches Mulhima, the four districts of the inner City of Love and Inspiration.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eHere a guide appears who will lead him on to Self-Annihilation: \"Be \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_38 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"38\" id=\"38\"\u003enought\u003c\/g\u003e, be \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_39 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"39\" id=\"39\"\u003enought\u003c\/g\u003e, be \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_37 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"37\" id=\"37\"\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_40 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"40\" id=\"40\"\u003enought\u003c\/g\u003e,\u003c\/g\u003e so that you will be forever.\" Like one of the birds who traveled with the Hoopoe toward God in The Conference of the Birds, he reaches \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_25 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"25\" id=\"25\"\u003efaqr\u003c\/g\u003e, the total emptiness required for the soul's Return.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673794658612,"sku":"FV025","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Shape-of-Light_-Hayakal-al-Nur-Fons-Vitae-40127386.jpg?v=1780408751"},{"product_id":"the-sublime-treasures","title":"The Sublime Treasures","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the newest part of the Imam Al-Haddad Spiritual Masters Series- The Sublime Treasures is an important work in the field of Islamic spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume contains Imam Al-Haddad's answers to letters he received posing questions on easily confusing and subtle Sufi matters, presented in Imam Haddad's inimitable style of succinct clarity. Included are questions pertaining exclusively to Sufism, such as those concerning the Pole of Time and the Circle of Saints, the Afrad- who are the solitary saints said by some to be outside the jurisdiction of the Pole and in direct contact with al-Khidr, the definition of the siddiq, that of the majdhub, the states of extinction and subsistence, various technical points concerning the relationship between the master and the novice, Sufi courtesy with God and His saints, the worlds of Mulk, Malakut, Jabarut, and Lahut, which are the degrees of universal existence, and how to deal with obscure passages in the works of such esoteric writers as Ibn Arabi. There are also questions of a more general tenor, such as those concerning the degrees of the Garden and its gates, the merits of recitation of the Qur'an over awrad, the respective merits and courtesies of poverty and wealth, and of fame and obscurity, the offering of the rewards of certain acts of worship to the spirits of the dead, sins committed in Ramadan when devils are shackled, and the causes of the civil wars that Ali ibn Abi-Talib was forced to wage.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIt will be noticed how the Imam curtly sweeps aside anything that has no direct bearing on the traveler's path. Questions devoid of practical value are pitilessly dismissed in a summary manner and the reader is firmly reoriented to what is of immediate benefit to him. Sufi masters have always been most reluctant to discourse openly about Divine secrets, knowing that such discourse causes much confusion and frequently leads novices into believing or pretending they have reached that which they have not. The Imam, however, allowed himself more freedom in letters addressed to his scholarly disciples- extracts of which constitute this volume- than in books.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673801670964,"sku":"FV026","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Sublime-Treasures-Fons-Vitae-40127735.jpg?v=1780408582"},{"product_id":"three-early-sufi-texts","title":"Three Early Sufi Texts","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe three Sufi texts published in this volume all deal with some aspect of the Sufi path to God. The Sufi path is marked by a number of different stages or stations (maqam\/maqamat) which the Sufi traveller (salik) passes through as he advances on the path.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn his way, the Sufi also experiences various psychological and emotional states (hal\/ahwal). These states differ from the stations through which the Sufi passes in that the states are transitory experiences granted to him by God and over which he has no control, whereas the stations are permanent stages on the path which he has achieved through his own individual effort.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe enumeration of these states and stations and discussions of the distinction between them may be found in such classical Sufi works as al-Kalabadhi's Ta`arruf, al-Sarraj's Luma`, al-Qushayri's Risalah and al-Hujwiri's Kashf al-Mahjub. There are, however, considerable differences among these writers with respect to the enumeration and description of these stations and states. The existence of such differences should not be surprising since the descriptions of the stations and states found in these works are based on knowledge gained through interior Sufi experiences rather than on knowledge gained through the external senses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Sufi path to God, however, is not an easy one. The Sufi's progress along the path is hindered by the machinations of the self (nafs), that is, the ego-self or what is called in the Qur'an the self that incites or exhorts to evil (al-nafs al-ammarah bi-al-su'). In order to maintain his progress along the path to God, the Sufi must be able to control the ego-self by disciplining it, and by continually blaming and abasing it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOf the three Sufi works included in this volume, the first two, Bayan al-Farq, attributed to al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi, and al-Sulami's Darajat al-Sadiqin, deal primarily with the stations and states of the Sufi traveller on the path to God. The third, al-Sulami's Zalal al-Fuqara', on the other hand, deals with the disciplining and abasement of the ego-self or self that incites to evil. We hope the publication of these three Sufi texts in English translation will contribute to a greater appreciation of Islam and its mystical aspects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTranslations of texts from the formative period of Islam are rare. Those that were done are now out of print. Translations of Tirmidhi and Sulami are even more difficult to find. The three, previously untranslated works presented here originate from the pens of two of the most eminent figures of the Khorasanian tradition, Hakim Tirmidhi (d. 300\/912) and Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami al-Naysaburi (d. 412\/1021). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThese texts, dating from the formative period of Sufism, affirm the existence of an already highly developed school of Muslim psychology that provided the foundation for the transformational process referred to within multiple spiritual traditions of the spiritual journey. Hakim Tirmidhi portrays the science of the soul within the Islamic context. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn Stations of the Righteous al-Sulami deals with the inherently defective nature of the soul, and delineates the path the soul must travel towards purification and the roles it assumes on its journey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn Stumblings of Those Aspiring al-Sulami shares with his aspirant how best to manage the itinerary and avoid the pitfalls and obstacles of this journey. These three works are relevant within the domains of human spirituality and psychology for both the specialist and the non-specialist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWithin the history of the Sufism classroom, these texts offer some of the earliest and most concise examples of classical Sufi methodology to appear in translation. Those committed to the study of psychology, as the science of the human soul and its states, will find within the terminology and insights offered in these works relevance, which is historical, as it is conceptual. These works also offer anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the human spirit a mirror, at once timeless and personal, of our own human nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"Few books remain in one’s consciousness after they have been read, this book is one of them. There are sections in the book which engrave themselves in one’s mind and are fuel for one’s spiritual aspirations.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe early Sufi texts that are contained within the book all deal with some facet of the Sufi path to God and are as follows: (i) A treatise on the heart, attributed to Al-Hakim Al-Tirmidhi, (ii) Stations of the righteous and (iii) The stumblings of those aspiring both by Abu Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sulami Al-Naysaburi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA treatise on the heart presents a Sufi psychological system concerned with the interaction of the heart (qalb) and the self (nafs). In this system the heart is described as consisting of four parts: (i) Breast (sadr, (ii) Heart proper (qalb) (iii) Inner heart (Fu’ad) and (iv) Intellect (lubb).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe self is described as not being part of the heart but a separate entity which is located in the stomach. It’s a point worth contemplating that God put the self in a lower position vis-à-vis the heart and for a person of insight this simple fact holds a message of its own worth pondering over.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe first text then goes on to describe the contraction and expansion of the breast in these words “…there is no limit to the contraction of the breast, should it contract, for everyone’s breast contracts in proportion to his ignorance and anger. Likewise, there is no limit to the capacity of the breast, should it expand under the guidance of God”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe sections that follow then detail the different aspects of the heart. Below I will take quotes from a few sections which I hope will give some indication of the matter being discussed. In the section discussing the heart the author says:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eKnow, may God have mercy on you, that of all God’s creation there is nothing better than a heart which has become virtuous through the light of unification (tawhid), gnosis (ma’rifah), and faith (iman), nor is there anything purer, cleaner, more pious, more sincere, nor anything more encompassing [than a heart] if God has cleansed it of impurities and undertaken its revival with the light of truth (nur al-haqq)…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the section detailing the inner heart the author uses his power of expression in a fluid and convincing manner. In describing the inner heart he says “Know that since the inner heart (fu’ad) is the seat of seeing (ru’ya), it is only the inner heart which sees whereas the heart (qalb) knows.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe first text concludes with a description of the friends of God.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eKnow then, may God have mercy upon you, that the hearts of the friends of God (awliya’ Allah) are storehouses of wisdom, seats of mercy, sources of contemplation, treasuries of gnosis (ma’rifa) and houses of generosity. They are the places of God’s merciful regard, the gardens of His compassion, the vessels of His knowledge…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn the introduction to the last two texts the translator gives a fairly comprehensive overview of the teachings of the Malamatiya to which the author Al-Sulami had close links. The teachings can be summarised as attitudes and conduct whose end goal was perfect sincerity. Their foundational principle being to cultivate an awareness of the inherently defective nature of the self and a code of conduct that went along with this awareness. It’s also useful to quote Trimingham who wrote the following when describing the Malamatiya “At the foundation of the Malamati tendency is the absolute nothingness of man before God” which I think sums up their outlook concisely and accurately.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe translator describes ‘Stations of the righteous’ (the second text) as more psychologically and metaphysically subtle while ‘The stumblings of those aspiring’ (the third text) as more concretely an example of applied Sufism and so while the second text describes the principles of the Malamatiya the third text shows how to practically implement these principles.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe third text is in my opinion by far the most penetrating part of the book because the insights the author provides are truly inspirational. The author quotes Abu Ali al-Juzjani who when asked about the distinguishing traits of the spiritual traveller said:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eObedience to God is their sweetness; love of God is their companion; God is their need and He is their protector. Righteousness is their nature; with God is their commerce; upon Him they depend; with Him is their intimacy; and in Him is their confidence…The Quran is their speech, gratitude their ornament, the invocation of God their booty… Life is their place of alighting [on their journey], death is their way station; the grave is their citadel; and the Day of Judgment their feast day. [To stand] before God is their most ardent desire, in the shade of the Throne is their gathering place, in [the paradise of] Firdaws is their dwelling and the vision of God the object of their destiny.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn conclusion, I believe this book imparts essential information for the spiritual traveller and shows in glorious detail the attitude and superior conduct which our forefathers possessed and which we today should aspire to. I think the translator has done a great service in making these precious texts accessible to us.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e-Naeem Azam, Deenport.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673805996340,"sku":"FV027","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Three-Early-Sufi-Texts-Fons-Vitae-40128392.jpg?v=1780410051"},{"product_id":"the-name-and-the-named-the-divine-attributes-of-god","title":"The Name and the Named : The Divine Attributes of God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the Islamic Sufi tradition, it is said, \"Qualify yourself with the qualities of God.\" Compiled from classical Arabic and Turkish texts of Al-Ghazali, Ibn Arabi, Djili, and Abdul Qadir Jilani, among others, these are the divine attributes by which God manifests Himself in the world and by which He completes the spiritual life of man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, Tosun Bayrak, a shaykh of the Jerrahi order based in Istanbul, explains how to use these Names for the transformation of the soul--\"to see that the human being is the microcosm of the macrocosm where God's attributes are reflected.\" Sheikh Tosun describes the barrier, \"they know the Name, but not the Named.\" How can one come to love God--without knowing Him? The Sheikh answers that we do so through knowing His Divine Qualities in our own selves. \"To assume the angelic character which is innate but hidden in the human being, we have to choose from Divine Attributes as we can and try to live our daily lives according to them. Then, God willing, this effort will help our imitation become real.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Name and the Named \u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_42 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"42\" id=\"42\"\u003epresents\u003c\/g\u003e these attributes which combine in various proportions to create the universe we see before us, but these names are all contained in the Name\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_43 gr-alert gr_tiny gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"43\" id=\"43\"\u003e,\u003c\/g\u003e or word Allah. Therefore, when one repeats this Name, one participates in stating the entire manifested creation. Also included are the 201 traditional names or qualities of the Prophet Muhammad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673811796276,"sku":"FV029","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Name-and-the-Named-_-The-Divine-Attributes-of-God-Fons-Vitae-40129596.jpg?v=1780406827"},{"product_id":"the-complete-summons-and-general-reminder","title":"The Complete Summons and General Reminder","description":"\u003cp data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"font-size: 14px;\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-style=\"font-size: 14px;\" style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book is unique in that Imam al-Haddad is the first scholar to have divided mankind into eight main categories according to the kind of summons to God or dacwa they need, and then detailed the rights and duties of each category, which scholars ought to enjoin upon them for the good pleasure of their Lord. The author introduces his book by saying, “As for the introduction, we have explained in it the summons to God, His religion, and His path. As for the eight sections, each concerns a certain category of people, the first category being the scholars; the second the ascetics and devotees; the third the kings, the rulers, and other people in authority; the fourth the merchants, the craftsmen, and other such people; the fifth the poor, the weak, and the destitute; the sixth the dependents such as the women, children, and slaves; the seventh the generality of believers, both the obedient among them and the transgressors; the eighth those who have not responded to the summons of God and His Messenger and do not believe in God and the Last Day. Finally, in conclusion, we give brief counsels of advice to all eight categories, in addition to general counsels and exhortations that soften the heart, the completion of which closes the book.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003ch3 data-mce-style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673817465140,"sku":"FV032","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/The-Complete-Summons-and-General-Reminder-Fons-Vitae-40129678.jpg?v=1780403279"},{"product_id":"letters-of-a-sufi-master","title":"Letters of a Sufi Master: The Shaykh Ad-Darqawi","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis precious translation of selections from the letters of Shaikh ad-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_55 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"55\" id=\"55\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDarqawi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e, the founder of a major branch of the Shadhiliyyah Order in North Africa in the 13th\/19th century, belongs to a class of Sufi literature that has not as yet received enough attention outside of the Islamic world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Each letter is a precious gem of wisdom, an indispensable key to open certain doors which stand before every traveler upon the Path. Almost all the letters concern the method and the operative aspects of the Way based on the central techniques of the invocation or dhikr.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_64 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"64\" id=\"64\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003edomain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e they must be considered among the most direct instructions given on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_63 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"63\" id=\"63\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eSufic method\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e to be found in all Sufi literature, where generally masters have preferred to refer to the actual spiritual techniques through allusion. Occasionally, however, fundamental facets of Sufi doctrine are also discussed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The sickness that is afflicting your heart is one of those things which strike men whom God loves, for 'of all men, the most sorely tried are the Prophets, after them the saints, then those who resemble them, closely or remotely.' So do not be downcast, since this happens most often to men full of sincerity and love, to cause them to go forward towards their Lord.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e By this suffering of their hearts are purified and transformed into pure substance. Lacking such encounters with reality, nobody would reach the knowledge of God, far from it, for 'if there were no arenas for souls, the runners would not be able to run their course' as it is said in Ibn 'Ata-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_62 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" data-gr-id=\"62\" id=\"62\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIllah's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e Hikam, in which he also says: 'In the variety of signs and changing states I came to recognize Thine intention in regard to me, that of showing me all things, so that there might be nothing in which I would not know Thee.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the same sense, the initiates have said: 'It is in times of upheaval that men stand out from amongst men.' In the Koran it is said: Do the people then reckon that they will be left in peace because they say 'we believe,' and that they will not be tried? (XXIX,1).\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In making available these letters in English, Titus Burckhardt has rendered a service to those seeking spiritual instruction. He has also enriched Sufi literature in Western languages and made available one more document of extraordinary power and beauty belonging to the recent past.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"During his early years in Morocco, Titus Burckhardt immersed himself in the Arabic language and assimilated the classics of Sufism in their original form. In later years, through his translations, he was to share these treasures with a wider public. One of his most important works of translation was of the spiritual letters of the renowned 18th-century Moroccan Shaikh Mulay al-'Arabi ad-Darqawi. These letters manifest a deep and lively insight into timeless metaphysical truths and, at the same time, are a precious document of practical spiritual counsel.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- William Stoddart\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673821069620,"sku":"FV034","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Letters-of-a-Sufi-Master_-The-Shaykh-Ad-Darqawi-Fons-Vitae-40130266.jpg?v=1780388757"},{"product_id":"a-return-to-the-spirit-questions-and-answers","title":"A Return to the Spirit: Questions and Answers","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDr.Lings answers various questions posed to him relating to his life, Islam, Sufism, Religion, and Spirituality.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This final work of the greatly revered Martin Lings opens with an insightful autobiographical account of his own interior journey, the finding of a spiritual master, and the conclusions he ultimately reached regarding inner life and Islam.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The 96-year-old author, a respected British scholar, recounts the lessons learned from his life as a practicing Sufi, including the answers to profound questions such as: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHow did I come to put First Things First?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat is the Spiritual Significance of Tears and Laughter?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat is the Spiritual Significance of Civilization?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhat is the Qur'anic Doctrine of the Afterlife and How is it related to Sufism? and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eWhy \"With All Thy Mind\"?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrior to the publication of this volume, its distinguished author, Martin Lings, did in fact \"return to the Spirit\" on May 12th, 2005. This has occasioned the addition to this work of an \"In Memoriam\" appendix.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Readers will be treated to tributes that have arrived from the world overwritten by those who simply read and loved his work to those who knew him personally, some of whom were under his spiritual direction. These diverse accounts of this extraordinary man round out a profound image of his person. The book also includes a selection of previously unpublished photographs taken throughout his life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673823199540,"sku":"FV035","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Return-to-the-Spirit_-Questions-and-Answers-Fons-Vitae-40130789.jpg?v=1780374831"},{"product_id":"ibn-arabi-the-voyage-of-no-return","title":"Ibn Arabi: The Voyage of No Return","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis is a concise introduction to the life and thought of Ibn ‘Arabi, who is considered as the ‘Greatest of Sufi Masters’. Written by the author of a best-selling biography of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/31-ibn-arabi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #0000ff;\"\u003eIbn Arabi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIbn Arabi: The Voyage of No Return \u003c\/em\u003etraces the major events of Ibn Arabi’s life: his conversion to Sufism; his travels around Andalusia and the Maghreb; his meetings with the saints of his time; his journey to Mecca; his travels in Egypt, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and Syria; his most important books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe events of Ibn Arabi’s ‘inner voyage’, however, are far more spectacular than those of his outer life and are here presented directly from the many auto-biographical sections found in his writings. Through her detailed analysis of Ibn Arabi’s works and her profound understanding of his ideas, Claude Addas gives us a comprehensive insight into the major doctrines of this most influential of Sufi, masters: the doctrine of prophethood and sainthood, of inheritance from the prophets, of the ‘imaginal world’, of the ‘unicity of Being’, of the ‘Seal of the Saints’, and many others.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAddas also introduces the main disciples of Ibn Arabi down to the nineteenth century and traces both his unequalled influence on the course of Sufism and the controversies that still surround him till today. \u003cem\u003eIbn Arabi: The Voyage of No Return \u003c\/em\u003eis essential reading for anyone interested in Islamic mysticism and is a genuine contribution to scholarship in this field.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eShould Ibn Arabi Be Burned?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Prince’s Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“Flee towards God”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Masters of the Way\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Seal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“When what has never been disappears ...”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“The distance of two bows, or closer”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Meccan Illuminations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“God is, and nothing is with Him”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“Wherever you turn, there is the Face of God”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Two Horizons\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e“Benefit from my existence”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOpinions of Ibn Arabi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChronology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClaude Addas\u003c\/strong\u003e is a scholar of Ibn Arabi and the author of Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn Arabi (published by The Islamic Texts Society, 1993).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Extract\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Prince’s Prayer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\"Since I was old enough to wear a sword-belt, I did not cease mounting steeds, ... examining sabre blades, parading in military camps\u003cem\u003e(al-asakir),\u003c\/em\u003einstead of pouring over the pages of books.” It is doubtful that any of those who knew him well would have been able to predict that this boy who was so attracted to the clanking of military armour would soon devote himself to the strict renunciation of the ascetic. Everything pointed the young Ibn Arabi toward a military career. The Spirit that blows where it wills had decided otherwise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIbn ‘Arabi’s family was descended from one of the oldest Arab lineages in Muslim Spain. His ancestors, Arabs from the Yemen, emigrated toward the Iberian peninsula at quite an early date; most likely, during the ‘second wave’ of the conquest, the wave that, in 712, brought several thousand Yemenite horsemen into Andalusia. In any case, they were listed among the “great Arab families” that were living in Andalusia in the census that took place during the reign of the first Umayyad amir (756-788). Thus, they belonged to the \u003cem\u003ekhassa, \u003c\/em\u003ethe ruling class that occupied the highest offices in the administration and the army.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eProud of his Arab origins, Ibn Arabi would recall, mostly in his poems, the name of his ancestor the famous Hatim al-Ta’i, the pre-Islamic Arabian poet whose chivalrous virtues are proverbial. On the other hand, he alludes on a number of occasions to the important position of his father, who, he states, “was one of the Sultan’s companions”—a phrase that has given rise to much conjecture, and one which some recent biographers have used to conclude that he was at the very least a minister. A document published a few years ago now allows us a much clearer view. According to its author, Ibn Sha’ar (d. 1256), who met the Shaykh al-Akbar in Aleppo on 27 October 1237 and asked him about his youth, Ibn Arabi “was from a military family \u003cem\u003ein the service of those who govern the country\u003c\/em\u003e”. Although it is elusive, the phrase reminds us that the career of Ibn Arabi’s father evolved within the framework of the political vicissitudes that accompanied the collapse of the Almoravid regime in Andalusia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Dazzling Metamorphosis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThere is nothing that could have predicted that the life of this adolescent destined for a military career would go through such a radical change from one day to the next. We may never know exactly what happened, or precisely when. The famous text where he describes his interview in Cordoba with the philosopher Averroes provides at least one piece of chronological information. Ibn Arabi describes himself as a still beardless young man, but one who had been granted illuminative knowledge during the course of a recent retreat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFrom this account it can be deducted that the event took place when he was about fifteen. What follows in Ibn Sha’ar’s account adds one more detailed piece of information regarding the circumstances of this short and precocious \u003cem\u003emetanoia.\u003c\/em\u003e“What led me to leave the army, on the one hand, and to take up the Path on the other hand,” Ibn Arabi told him, “was this: I had gone out one day with Prince Abu Bakr [b.] Yusuf b. Abd al-Mu’min in Cordoba. We went to the great mosque and I watched him while he bowed and prostrated himself in humble and contrite prayer. I then remarked to myself, ‘If someone like this, who is no less than the sovereign of this country, is submissive and humble, and behaves in such a way towards God, it is because this lower world is nothing!’ I left him that same day, never to see him again, and undertook the Path.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e-----------------------------------------\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e‘... there can be no question as to the comprehensive scope and scholarly reliability of this work: the author has included all the major themes of Ibn Arabi’s writings, for the most part expressed in his own words, and has placed them carefully in the context of his major writings and both their immediate and wider historical settings .’ - \u003cstrong\u003eJames Morris (Journal of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673826804020,"sku":"ITS012","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Ibn-Arabi_-The-Voyage-of-No-Return-Islamic-Texts-Society-40130978.jpg?v=1780391385"},{"product_id":"quest-for-the-red-sulphur-the-life-of-ibn-arabi","title":"Quest for the Red Sulphur: The Life of Ibn 'Arabi","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis book is undoubtedly a landmark in Ibn Arabi studies. Until the publication of this book, anyone who wanted to learn about the life of Ibn Arabi has had little choice of material to work from. This major study by Claude Addas is based on a detailed analysis of a whole range of Ibn Arabi’s own writings as well as a vast amount of secondary literature in both Arabic and Persian.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe result is the first-ever attempt to reconstruct what proves to have been a double itinerary: on the one hand, the journey that took Ibn Arabi from his native Andalusia to Damascus - and on the other hand, the ‘Night Journey’ which carried him along the paths of asceticism and prayer to the ultimate stage of revelation of his mystic quest.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHome Land.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIbn Arabi and the Savants of Andalusia.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGod’s Vast Earth.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Great Pilgrimage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e‘Counsel My Servants’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDamascus, ‘Refuge of the Prophets’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix I: Chronological Table of Ibn Arabi’s life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix II: Ibn Arabi and his Links with the Various Sufi Currents in the Muslim West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix III: The Teachers in Traditional Religious Discipline Frequented by Ibn Arabi in the Muslim West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix IV: The Men of Letters Frequented by Ibn Arabi in the Muslim West.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix V: The Four silsilas of the khirqa akbariyya.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Masters of Seville\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAfter Abu Madyan, the teacher whom Ibn Arabi probably mentions most frequently in the \u003cem\u003eFutuhat\u003c\/em\u003e is Abu l-Abbas al-Uryabi. Clearly the times he spent in the company of this illiterate peasant from Ulya in the Algarve had a profound effect upon him. It is also significant that among the recommendations (\u003cem\u003ewasaya\u003c\/em\u003e) of Ibn Arabi which Ismail b. Sawdakin transcribed in his \u003cem\u003eKitab wasa’il al-sa’il\u003c\/em\u003e, several derive from Abu l-Abbas al-Uryabi. So, for example, the following prayer which Ibn Arabi was to make his own: ‘Oh Lord, nourish me not with love but with the desire for love’ (\u003cem\u003eRabbi urzuqni shahwat al-hubb la l-hubb\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis influence—which is especially evident in Ibn Arabi’s initial attachment to the practice of \u003cem\u003edhikr\u003c\/em\u003e using the divine Name ‘Allah’ alone—is hardly surprising. For a start, Uryabi was his \u003cem\u003emurshid al-awwal\u003c\/em\u003e, his first teacher: a relationship which is always of special significance in Sufism. Secondly—and this is probably the most decisive factor of all—Uryabi was governed by the state of \u003cem\u003eubudiyya\u003c\/em\u003e, or total servitude. ‘My master Abu l-Abbas al-Uryabi, who was the first teacher whom I served and received graces from, had one foot planted firmly in this domain—the domain of servitude.’ Now in Ibn Arabi’s eyes the state of \u003cem\u003eubudiyya\u003c\/em\u003e surpasses all others. It is the state every disciple must aspire to and the goal of spiritual realisation, because it represents the return to the original state: to the ontological nothingness of the creature or created being. Whoever has realised \u003cem\u003eubudiyya \u003c\/em\u003eor servitude has stripped himself of \u003cem\u003erububiyya, \u003c\/em\u003eof the ‘Lordship’ which really belongs to God alone but which ordinary men in their arrogance claim for themselves. According to Ibn Arabi the state of such a person is comparable to a stone that falls where it is thrown; he is literally \u003cem\u003eabd Allah, \u003c\/em\u003ethe slave of God. In a sense it can be said that Ibn Arabi’s entire teaching as embodied in his writings has as its sole aim to guide his ‘spiritual children’ (we will see in due course why the term ‘children’, rather than ‘sons’, has to be used) towards that state of servitude to which Uryabi had guided him. ‘Be a pure servant! (\u003cem\u003ekun abdan mahdan\u003c\/em\u003e) …\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eThat\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis what I was advised by my shaikh and master Abu Abbas al-Uryabi.’ It will emerge later that the only people who realise the state of \u003cem\u003eubadiyya \u003c\/em\u003efully are the \u003cem\u003emalamiyya, \u003c\/em\u003ethe ‘People of Blame’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFinally, there is the fact that Shaikh Uryabi was in a sense responsible for the first meeting between Ibn Arabi and Khadir, that mysterious interlocutor of Moses: the master of the ‘masterless’, he who is the supreme possessor of the \u003cem\u003eilm\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eladuni,\u003c\/em\u003ethe ‘knowledge inherent in God’.’ This initial meeting took place in Seville when Ibn Arabi was still a youth, and it was to be the first in a series of interventions by Khadir in his spiritual destiny which would culminate in his double investiture with the \u003cem\u003ekhirqa khadiriyya, \u003c\/em\u003ethe ‘initiatic mantle’ transmitting the \u003cem\u003ebaraka \u003c\/em\u003eof Khadir: firstly at Seville in 59\u003cem\u003e2 \u003c\/em\u003eand then at Mosul in 601.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBefore telling the story of this first encounter with Khadir, it is worth pointing out that Muhyi l-Din was only around twenty years old when he met Uryabi. The following episode occurred at the start of this companionship, as he himself says (\u003cem\u003efi bidayati amri\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e. \u003c\/em\u003eHis youthfulness excuses—or at least explains—the lack of \u003cem\u003eadab \u003c\/em\u003eor propriety which, on his own admission, he showed. He still had a great deal to learn about the rules of proper behaviour which normally govern the relationship between disciple and master. ‘A difference of opinion arose between me and my master Abu l-Abbas al-Uryabi, regarding the identity of a person whose coming the Prophet had announced. He [Shaikh Uryabi] said to me, “The reference is to so-and-so, son of so-and-so”, and he mentioned someone whom I knew by name: I had never seen the person but I had met his cousin. I expressed scepticism and refused to accept what the shaikh said about this individual, because I had an infallible perception (\u003cem\u003ebasira\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eregarding the man in question. As it happens, there can be no doubting the fact that later the shaikh changed his opinion. But he suffered inwardly [as a result of my attitude], although I was unaware of this because at the time I was only in my early stages. I left him to return home. On the way I was accosted by someone whom I did not know. First of all this person greeted me, with a great deal of love and affection in his gesture. Then he said to me: “Accept what Shaikh Abu l-Abbas says about so-and-so!” I understood what he was asking. I immediately returned to the shaikh to let him know what had happened to me. When I appeared before him he said to me: “Oh Abu ‘Abd Allah, is it going to be necessary for Khadir to come to you every time you hesitate to admit what I say, and tell you: ‘Accept what so-and-so says’? And how is that going to happen each time you refuse to accept my opinion?” I replied: “The door of repentance is open”. He said: “The repentance is accepted”.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673827459380,"sku":"ITS013","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Quest-for-the-Red-Sulphur_-The-Life-of-Ibn-_Arabi-Islamic-Texts-Society-40131110.jpg?v=1780395734"},{"product_id":"a-collection-of-sufi-rules-of-conduct","title":"A Collection of Sufi Rules of Conduct","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Collection of Sufi Rules of Conduct (Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya) was written by one of the foremost early masters of Sufism and is considered as the first work devoted to the description of the way of life and the customs of the Sufis. It represents an early attempt to illustrate the conformity of Sufi beliefs and manners with the Qur’an and the example of the Prophet (Sunna). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Collection of Sufi Rules of Conduct is therefore not only a pioneering work of ethics and mysticism, it is also a summary of the views of Sufis up till the eleventh century. It was a major influence on the development of Sufism from the eleventh century onwards. The translation by Dr. Elena Biagi includes an introduction that places the author in his historical, literary and religious context and a general glossary of Sufi technical terms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter One: The Life and Works of al-Sulami\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Two: The Adab Literary Tradition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Three: Sulami’s Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eChapter Four: The Translation of the Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGlossary: Glossary of Sufi Technical Terminology in the Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBiographical Notes: Biographical Notes on Some Major Sufi Figures Mentioned in the Jawami Adab al-Sufiyya\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography, Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673828573492,"sku":"ITS014","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/A-Collection-of-Sufi-Rules-of-Conduct-Islamic-Texts-Society-40131363.jpg?v=1780373960"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-letter-to-a-disciple","title":"Al-Ghazali Letter to a Disciple","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e'Work for your terrestrial life in proportion to your location in it, and work for your afterlife in proportion to your eternity in it.’ This is part of the advice that the great theologian and mystic Abu Hamid al-Ghazali (1058-1111 AD) put down in his \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple.\u003c\/em\u003e An old disciple of al-Ghazali had studied the Islamic sciences, including the many works of his master, for most of his life. Faced with the proximity of death, he turns again to his master this time asking for a summary of all his teachings. \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple\u003c\/em\u003e is al-Ghazali’s response. The emphasis in this short treatise is on religious and spiritual \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_78 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling\" data-gr-id=\"78\" id=\"78\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eaction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e and on putting into practice the knowledge that one has acquired. \u003cem\u003eLetter to a Disciple\u003c\/em\u003e can be considered as the last testament of he who is regarded as \u003cem\u003eHujjat al-Islam\u003c\/em\u003e, the ‘Proof of Islam’. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #b22222;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThis new translation is presented here as a bilingual, English-Arabic edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eTranslation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex of Qur’anic verses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIN THE NAME OF GOD, the Infinitely Good, the Merciful.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Praise belongs to God, the Lord of the worlds, and the ‘outcome belongs to the God-conscious,’ and blessings and peace be upon His Prophet Muhammad and all his family. Know that one of the advanced students devoted himself to the service of the master, the Imam, the Ornament of Religion and Proof of Islam, Abu Hamid ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali(may God sanctify his spirit) and occupied himself with the acquisition and study of knowledge under him, until he mastered the details of the sciences and filled out the good qualities of the soul. Then one day he considered his situation, and it occurred to him, ‘I have studied various kinds of science, and I have spent my life learning and mastering them. I now ought to find out which kind will be of use to me on the morrow, to keep me company in my grave, and those which are not of use to me, so that I may give them up. As God’s Messenger (God bless him and give him peace) said, ‘O God, I take refuge in Thee from knowledge which is not useful!’ This thought persisted to the point that he wrote to the honourable master, the Proof of Islam, Muhammad al-Ghazali (may God the Exalted be merciful to him), seeking a ruling, asking questions, and requesting both advice and a prayer, ‘even though the works of the master such as \u003cem\u003eThe Revival \u003c\/em\u003e[ \u003cem\u003eof the Religious Sciences \u003c\/em\u003e(Ihya’ ulum al-din)] and others contain the answers to my questions, what I want is for the master to write down what I need in a few pages to be with me for the rest of my life, and I will act in accordance with what is in them during my term, if God the Exalted wills.’ So the master wrote him this message in reply, and God knows best. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‘Know O beloved and precious disciple—may God prolong your days in obedience to Him and travel with you on the path of those He loves—that public advice should be quoted from the goldmine of messenger-hood [the Prophet]. If you have received advice from him, what need do you have \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cg class=\"gr_ gr_66 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar replaceWithoutSep\" data-gr-id=\"66\" id=\"66\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eof\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/g\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e my advice? And if you have not received it, then tell me what you have achieved in these years gone-by! \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e O disciple, included in what God’s Messenger (God bless him and give him peace) advised his community, is his statement, ‘An indication of the withdrawal of God the Exalted from the worshipper is his busying himself with what does not concern him, and if an hour of a man’s life slips by in other than that for which he was created in the way of worship, then it is proper that his affliction be protracted. Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire!’ This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673830768948,"sku":"ITS016","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-Letter-to-a-Disciple-Islamic-Texts-Society-40131723.jpg?v=1780375651"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-invocations-and-supplications","title":"Al-Ghazali on Invocations and Supplications","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA revised edition of Kojiro Nakamura’s acclaimed translation into English of Book IX of \u003cem\u003eThe Revival of the Religious Sciences\u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eIhya’ ‘Ulum al-Din\u003c\/em\u003e). Although prayerfulness and the remembrance of God suffuse all the formal practices of Islam, there are times when the Muslim simply ‘sits alone with his Lord’ to repeat formulas drawn from the Qur’an and the sayings of the Prophet, seeking remission of his sins and the purification of his heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe present volume is probably the most widely read compendium of such material, popular not only for its comprehensiveness and beauty, but also for the analytical approach of its author, who explores the psychological and spiritual effects of prayer and the celebration of God’s name. The original translation by Kojiro Nakamura, now Head of the Islamic Studies Department at the University of Tokyo, has been substantially revised and augmented with \u003cem\u003ehadith\u003c\/em\u003e identification. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis volume won a \u003cstrong\u003eBritish Book Design and Production Award\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1991.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: sans-serif, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 13px;\"\u003e​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the General Merit and Profit of Invocation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn The Forms and Value of Supplication and Prayer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers for Use in the Mornings and Evenings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers Transmitted from the Prophet and His Companions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003ePrayers Transmitted for Every Emergent Occasion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix I: Persons Cited in the Text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAppendix II: Some Important Invocations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIndex to Qur’anic Quotations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eBibliography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGeneral Index​\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Excerpt From The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn the General Merit and Profit of Invocation, with an Illustration from the Qur’an, the Traditions and the Narratives\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom the Qur’an:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe general merit of invocation is testified to by the Word of God: \u003cem\u003eRemember Me, and I will remember you. \u003c\/em\u003eThabit al-Bunani said, ‘Verily I know when my Lord remembers me’. So the people became alarmed at him and asked, ‘How do you know that?’ He said, ‘When I remember God, He remembers me’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eGod has said, \u003cem\u003eRemember God often, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you rush together from Arafat in a crowd, remember God at the Holy Monument \u003c\/em\u003e[al-mash’ar al-haram]; \u003cem\u003eand remember Him as He has guided you \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you have completed your holy rites, remember God, as you remember your fathers, or more devoutly \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003e... those who remember God, standing, sitting, or lying down on their sides \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eWhen you have performed the ritual prayer \u003c\/em\u003e[salat], \u003cem\u003eremember God, standing, sitting, or lying down on your sides \u003c\/em\u003e[on which] Ibn ‘Abbas (may God be pleased with him) commented, ‘That is: [remember God] whether at night or during the day whether travelling or remaining at home, whether in poverty or in riches, in sickness or in health, in private or in public’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eDenouncing the hypocrites, God (Exalted is He!) has said, \u003cem\u003eThey remember God but seldom. \u003c\/em\u003eAnd He has said, \u003cem\u003eRemember your Lord, in your soul, with humility and fear, not with a loud voice, morning and evening. Be not among the heedless. Truly the remembrance of God is greater. \u003c\/em\u003eIbn ‘Abbas (may God show him His mercy) said, ‘This has two interpretations: one is that God’s remembrance of you is greater than your remembrance of Him, and the other is that the remembrance of God is greater than any other act of worship’, etc.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom The Traditions:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘An invoker of God among the heedless is like a green tree in the midst of dry stalk’. He said (may God bless him an grant him peace), ‘An invoker of God among the heedless is like a fighter [for the sake of God] among deserters’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘God says, “I am with My servant so long as he invokes Me and his lips move for invoking Me”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said, ‘No act of a human being is so efficacious for deliverance from God’s punishment as the invocation of God\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e(Great and Glorious is He!)’. The people asked, ‘O Emissary of God. Nor is the \u003cem\u003ejihad\u003c\/em\u003e for the sake of God so efficacious [as the invocation of God]?’ He said, ‘No, no \u003cem\u003ejihad\u003c\/em\u003e for the sake of God is so efficacious, except that you hit with your sword until it is intercepted and then you hit with it again until it is intercepted, and then you hit with it until it is intercepted, [while remembering God]’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘Let him who wishes to graze in the pastures of the Garden invoke God constantly’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eOn being asked, ‘Which act is most meritorious?’ the Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘[It is] that you die while your tongue is moistened with the invocation of God (Great and Glorious is He!)’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said, ‘Let your tongue be moistened with the invocation of God morning and evening, and then no fault will fall upon you’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘Truly the invocation of God (Great and Glorious is He!) morning and evening is more meritorious than breaking swords for the sake of God and giving wealth lavishly’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘God (Blessed and Exalted is He!) says, “When My servant remembers Me in his heart, I remember him in My heart. When he remembers Me in company [with others], I remember him in an even better company. When he draws near to Me a hand’s breadth, I draw near to him an arm’s length. When he draws near to Me an arm’s length, I draw near to him a fathom. When he draws near to Me walking, I draw near to him running—meaning by ‘running’ one’s quickness of response.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eHe said (may God bless him and grant him peace), ‘ God (Great and Glorious is He!) spreads His shade upon seven people on the day when there is no shade but His. Among them is a man who invoked God privately and whose eyes overflowed [with tears] from the fear of God’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAbu’l-Darda said, ‘The Emissary of God (may God bless him and grant him peace) said, “Shall I not tell you about the best and purest of your works for your Lord, and the most exalted of them in your ranks, and the work which is better for you than encountering your enemy, with you striking their necks and them striking your necks?” Thereupon the people said, “What is that, O Emissary of God?” He said, “The constant remembrance of God”’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe Emissary of God said, ‘God (Great and Glorious is He!) says, “He who is so occupied with the remembrance of me that does not make petition to Me, I will give him the best of what I give to suppliants”’.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47673832243508,"sku":"ITS018","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Invocations-and-Supplications-Islamic-Texts-Society-40132138.jpg?v=1780375707"},{"product_id":"al-ghazali-on-patience-and-thankfulness","title":"Al-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness Book XXXII of the Revival of the Religious Sciences (Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din)","description":"\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAl-Ghazali on Patience and Thankfulness is a translation of the thirty-second chapter of The Revival of the Religions Sciences (Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din). This chapter falls in the section dealing with the virtues or what is conducive to salvation. Ghazali here presents definitions for patience and its different forms; the need for patience; the degrees of patience; and why patience is considered to be half of faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe second part of this chapter deals with thankfulness, and again Ghazali gives us definitions for thankfulness, its nature and its blessings. In addition to the translation, Dr Henry Littlejohn provides an extensive introduction which illustrates the importance of the topics of patience and thankfulness in Islam throughout the centuries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eA Selection from the Table of Contents\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Virtue of Patience\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of Patience being Half of Faith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Divisions of Patience according to the Varying Degrees of Strength and Weakness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Virtue of Thankfulness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Reality and Divisions of Blessing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Cause which Diverts Humans from Thankfulness\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eAn Exposition of the Coalition of Patience and Thankfulness in One Thing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n","brand":"Islamic Texts Society","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47673835159860,"sku":"ITS019-PB","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47673835192628,"sku":"ITS019-HB","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/5031\/5572\/files\/Al-Ghazali-on-Patience-and-Thankfulness-Book-XXXII-of-the-Revival-of-the-Religious-Sciences-_Ihya_-_Ulum-al-Din_-Islamic-Texts-Society-40132678.jpg?v=1780390207"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.meccabooks.com\/collections\/spirituality-tasawwuf.oembed?page=18","provider":"Mecca Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}