Work
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al-Išārāt al-Ilāhiyya

Author

Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad, approximately 922‒before 1023

Date of creation
  • Before 414   Hegirian
    Before 1023   Gregorian
Preferred title

al-Išārāt al-Ilāhiyya   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme

الإشارات الإلهية   Arabic  

Variant title work
  • al-Išārāt   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
  • al-Išārāt al-Ilāhiyya wa-l-anfās al-rūḥāniyya   Arabic  IDEO-IFAO transliteration scheme
Work type Single work
Religious work Mystic literature
Work manifested Early work
Work genre Textual work
Audience

Adult, serious

Nature of content

تصوف

Summary

الكتاب عبارة عن رسائل تقوم على المناجاة أو الدعاء. هناك نصائح باﻷخذ بالفضائل والخلق القويم وتأمل النعم اﻹلهية وكيفية الوصول إلى رضا الخالق سبحانه. يقدم الكتاب مفهوما واضحا للتصوف الذي كان يتبنّاه التوحيديّ. ويعتبر الكتاب من أهم الكتب التي صنفها في التصوف.

Summary

The book contains Munajat supplication to ِAllah together with prayers. It urges one to exhort virtues, adhere to morals, and contemplate the blessings of Allah in order to reach Allah's pleasure. The book presents a clear definition of Sophism according to the writer and hence it is considered to be among the most important books in Sophism.

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Bibliography

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Diamond   W 1324

Created at 07-11-2013 by migration (IDEO)

Updated at 10-03-2022 by Amr Zakariya (IDEO)


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