The Sublime Truths of the Shadhili Path - Hardcover

Imam Jalal Al-Din Al-Suyuti

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1909460044 ISBN 13: 9781909460041

Publisher: Visions of Reality Books, 2014

Synopsis

The Sublime Truths of The Shadhili Path By Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti Translator : Khalid Williams Notes By Shaykh Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Siddiq al-Ghumari al-Hasani Hardback 176 Pages ISBN : 9781909460041 Publisher : Visions of Reality Books About The Book This is the translation of Imam al-Suyuti's risala 'Tayid al-Haqiqa al-Aliya wa Tashyid al-Tariqa Shadhiliya' - on the Shadhili Tariqa. Imam al-Suyuti who was a Shadhili himself writes writes in erudition about tasawwuf and its place as an essential traditional Islamic science. '' The science of tasawwuf or Sufism is one of the traditional Islamic sciences; it like other Islamic sciences has its basis in the Qur'an and the Sunna of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. Towards the end of his life in the famous hadith of Jibril, the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, defined Islam, Iman and Ihsan after having been asked by the Angel Jibril. Despite orientalist and re

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Imam Jalal al-Din al-Misri al-Suyuti al-Shafi`i al-Ash`ari, also known as Ibn al-Asyuti (849-911AH /1445-1505), the mujtahid imam and renewer of the tenth Islamic century, foremost Hadith master, encyclopaedist, historian, and biographer and probably one of the most prolific of all Islamic writers. There are an enormous number of his essays and treatises preserved today. A number of his writings concerned scientific topics or issues related to natural science and food and regimen, amongst other things From Asyut in Egypt, he was among the most renowned and prolific Muslim scholars of all time. He wrote more than 300 books, covering every aspect of the Islamic sciences. He memorized the Qur an at the age of eight, and then went on to study with more than 150 scholars. He traveled extensively in his quest for knowledge to Damascus, Hijaz, Yemen, India, Morocco, and the lands south of Morocco, as well as in Egypt. Al-Suyuti devoted his life to learning, teaching and writing. He was noble, abstinent and self-sufficient, distancing himself from people of rank and power and living on what he earned by teaching. Major writings of al-Suyuti that remain widely used today include al-Itqan, on the Qur anic sciences; and Tafsir al-Jalalayn, which he completed when only 22.

About this edition

• Publisher: Visions of Reality Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1909460044
• ISBN 13: 9781909460041
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176