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عوارف المعارف

Awarif al-Maarif (2 Vols)

Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi(Auth.) · Bilal Muhammad Hatem al-Sakka (Ed.)
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Awarif al-Maarif is Imam Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi's foundational manual of the Suhrawardi Sufi order — one of the major synthetic Sufi works of the early period, equivalent in influence to al-Qu...

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Awarif al-Maarif is Imam Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi's foundational manual of the Suhrawardi Sufi order — one of the major synthetic Sufi works of the early period, equivalent in influence to al-Qushayri's Risala and constituting the principal source from which the broader Sunni-Sufi vocabulary spread eastward into Persia and India. The work is organised into 63 chapters covering the foundational topics of the inner path: the etymology and definition of tasawwuf, the categories of the wayfarers, the disciplines of the dhikr, the rules of the khalwa, the manners of master and disciple, the inner meanings of the ritual practices, and the stations and states of the heart.

About The Author

Imam Shihab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi (539-632 AH / 1145-1234 CE) was a Baghdadi Shafii scholar and Sufi master, founder of the Suhrawardi tariqa (one of the four great original Sufi orders alongside the Qadiri, Chishti, and Naqshbandi). He served the Abbasid Caliphs as an envoy and as Shaykh of the city's Sufi establishment. His order spread widely into Persia, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.

عن الكتاب

"عوارف المعارف" دليلُ الإمام شهاب الدين السهروردي التأسيسي للطريقة السهروردية — من أعظم الأعمال التركيبية في تاريخ التصوّف المبكر، في موضع "الرسالة القشيرية" نَفْسه من حيث الأثر، وهو المصدر الرئيس الذي انْتَشَر منه قاموسُ التصوّف السنّي شرقاً إلى فارس والهند. الكتابُ في ٦٣ باباً تَستوعب موضوعات الباطن: اشتقاق التصوّف وتعريفه، وأقسام السالكين، وقواعد الذكر، وأحكام الخلوة، وآداب الشيخ والمريد، وأسرار العبادات، ومنازل القلوب وأحوالها.

عن المؤلف

الإمام شهاب الدين أبو حفص عمر السهروردي (٥٣٩-٦٣٢ هـ) عالم شافعي وشيخ صوفي بغدادي، مؤسّسُ الطريقة السهروردية (أحدُ الطرق الكبرى الأربع مع القادرية والشاذلية والنقشبندية). خَدَم الخلفاء العباسيين سفيراً وشيخاً للصوفية بِبَغداد. انتشرت طريقتُه في فارس وآسيا الوسطى والهند.

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About the author

Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi: Imam Shihab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi rahimahullah (539-632 AH / 1145-1234 CE) was a Baghdadi Shafi'i scholar and Sufi master. He founded the Suhrawardi tariqa, one of the four great original Sufi orders alongside the Qadiri, Chishti, and Naqshbandi. He served the Abbasid Caliphs as an envoy on diplomatic missions and held the position of shaykh of Baghdad's Sufi establishment. His order spread widely into Persia, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent. His Awarif al-Maarif is one of the greatest synthetic works in the early history of Sufism, organized in sixty-three chapters that cover the full range of Sufi knowledge: the etymology and definition of Sufism, categories of spiritual travelers, rules of dhikr, rulings on seclusion, the etiquette of the shaykh and murid, the secrets of worship, and the stations and states of the heart. The work became a primary source for the spread of Sunni Sufi vocabulary eastward into Persia and India.

About the editor

Bilal Muhammad Hatem al-Sakka: Bilal Muhammad Hatem al-Sakka is a contemporary muhaqqiq, a scholarly editor whose task is to establish, annotate, and prepare classical Arabic and Islamic manuscripts for modern publication. He is associated chiefly with Dar al-Taqwa in Damascus, and his editions have appeared in recent years across several distributors of traditional Islamic books. His editorial output spans a notably broad range of the classical disciplines. In Sufism he has edited ʿAwarif al-Maʿarif, the influential handbook of the spiritual path by Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi. He has given particular attention to the devotional poetry tradition surrounding the Burda of al-Busiri, preparing two of its major commentaries, Mashariq al-Anwar al-Mudiyya and the three-volume Izhar Sidq al-Mawadda fi Sharh al-Burda. In the Arabic language sciences he edited the Hashiya of al-Sujaʿi on Ibn ʿAqil's commentary on the Alfiyya, a standard work of grammar. In hadith and fatwa literature he prepared al-Fatawa al-Hadithiyya of Ibn Hajar al-Haytami. Detailed biographical information about him, such as dates and place of birth, is not readily documented in the available sources; what is established is his identity and the body of edited works he has brought to print. His efforts make demanding classical texts more accessible to scholars, students, and general readers of the Islamic tradition.

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Binding Hardback
Publisher Dar al-Taqwa (Arabic)
Author Shihab al-Din al-Suhrawardi
Pages 1350
Editor Bilal Muhammad Hatem al-Sakka
Year Published 2022
Size W-7 in | H-2.75 in | D-9.75 in
Number of Volumes 2
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