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islamic-tasawwuffeatured in 4 works

Maʿrifa (Gnosis / Mystical Knowledge)

Experiential, God-given knowledge of the divine that transcends discursive reason, the goal of the ʿārif (knower).

Experiential, God-given knowledge of the divine that transcends discursive reason, the goal of the ʿārif (knower).

How it traveled

  1. Majmucat Rasail
    Gorgan (Jurjan) · 1111
    explains
  2. Guide for the Perplexed
    Cairo · 1190
    explains
  3. Futuhat Makkiyya
    Seville · 1240
    explains
  4. Ghunya
    explains

Key passages(20)

Futuhat Makkiyya · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Lawaqih Anwar · al-Sha'rani

Very high

Madarij Salikin · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Mafatih Ghayb · Fakhr al-Din al-Razi

Very high

Majmucat Rasail · al-Ghazali

Very high

Maqsad Asna · al-Ghazali

Very high

Miftah Filah · Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

Very high

Sirr Fi Anfas Sufiyya · al-Junayd al-Baghdadi

Very high

Tacarruf Li Madhhab Ahl Tasawwuf · al-Kalabadhi

Very high

Fawaid · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Guide for the Perplexed · Moses ben Maimon (Rambam) · 1190 CE

Very high

המענה לשתי השאלות3 כאשר ביקש לדעת את התארים וביקש מחילה לאומה, ונענה שיימחל להם, ולאחר מכן ביקש להשיג את עצמותו יתעלה, באומרו "הַרְאֵנִי נָא אֶת כְּבֹדֶךָ" (שמות לג,יח) – נענה על הבקשה הראשונה, שהיא "

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Da Wa Dawa · Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya

Very high

Fusus Hikam · Ibn Arabi

Very high

Ghunya · Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Very high

Ihya Culum Din · al-Ghazali

Very high

Lataif Minan · Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

Very high

Muqabasat · Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi

Very high

Qasd Mujarrad · Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari

Very high

Risala Qushayriyya · al-Qushayri

Very high

Shifa Sail · Ibn Khaldun

Very high