al-Hikam al-Ataiyya (Matn Edition)
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About The Book
The Hikam Ataiyya — 264 brief aphorisms on the inner life — is the foundational matn of the Shadhili way and one of the most-read texts in the entire history of Sufism. Composed by Imam Ibn Ata Allah al-Sakandari, the third great master of the Shadhili order, the Hikam compresses centuries of spiritual experience into single-sentence formulations of extraordinary precision. This edition presents the matn alone, in a clean Arabic edition suitable for memorisation and for use alongside the great commentaries of Ibn Ibad al-Rondi, Ibn Ajiba, and al-Sharnubi.
About The Author
Imam Ahmad b. Muhammad Ibn Ata Allah al-Sakandari (658-709 AH / 1259-1309 CE) was the third great master of the Shadhili order after Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili and Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. A Maliki jurist who taught at al-Azhar, he gave the Shadhili teaching its first systematic written form.
عن الكتاب
"الحكم العطائية" — مائتان وأربع وستون حكمة قصيرة في الحياة الباطنة — هي متن الطريقة الشاذلية وأحد أوسع نصوص التصوّف انتشاراً في التاريخ. صنّفها الإمامُ ابن عطاء الله السكندري، ثالثُ أئمّة الشاذلية، وتختصر كلُّ حكمةٍ منها قروناً من الخبرة الباطنة في صياغةٍ دقيقة. تَقَدِّم هذه الطبعةُ المتنَ وحدَه في إخراجٍ نظيف ميسَّر للحفظ وللتداول مع الشروح الكبرى.
عن المؤلف
الإمام أحمد بن محمد ابن عطاء الله السكندري (٦٥٨-٧٠٩ هـ) ثالث أئمّة الطريقة الشاذلية بعد أبي الحسن الشاذلي وأبي العباس المرسي.
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About the author
Ibn Ata Allah al-Iskandari: Ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandari (c. 650–709 AH / c. 1252–1309 CE), in full Taj al-Din Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karim, was an Egyptian jurist and Sufi master honored as the third great teacher of the Shadhili order. Born and raised in Alexandria during the Mamluk period, he was a Maliki in law and at first devoted himself wholly to the religious sciences, with little inclination toward the Sufi path. That changed when he became a disciple of Abu al-ʿAbbas al-Mursi, the close successor of the order's founder Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili. Under al-Mursi he matured into a guide who united outward learning with inward realization, and he went on to teach at the al-Azhar mosque in Cairo. He died in 709 AH and was buried in the Qarafa cemetery beneath the Muqattam hills, where his tomb is still visited. His most famous work, Kitab al-Hikam (The Book of Wisdoms), is a collection of concise aphorisms on reliance upon God, sincerity, and the realities of the spiritual life; its beauty and depth have drawn many commentaries across the centuries. Among his other enduring works are Lataʾif al-Minan, a biography of al-Mursi and al-Shadhili; al-Tanwir fi Isqat al-Tadbir, on surrendering self-direction to God; and Miftah al-Falah, a manual of invocation (dhikr). He remains one of the most widely read voices of the Shadhili tradition.
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