Sufi Treatises of Abu ‘Abd Al-Rahman Al-Sulami (d. 412/1021) [Rasa’el sufiyya li Abi ‘Abd Al-Rahman Al-sulami]

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8vo. 175 pp. of Arabic text + 30 pp. of English text (Introduction); Hardback binding in D/W; index; D/w slightly torned otherwise Copy in mint Condition. New.Series Recherches 22, Langue Arabe et Pensee Islamique._x000d_ This Edition of Five Important Sufi Treatises, entitled Rasa'il Al-Sufiya and written by Abu 'Abd Al-Rahman Muhammad b. Al-Husayn Al-Sulami (d.412/1021), is based on a very old manuscripts that was copied in 474/1081, about sixty years after the author's death. The treatises deal with the sufi hermeneuticsof the letters (Ma'ani Al-Huruf), the mystical vision of the prophets ascension (Lata'if Al-Mi'raj), the mystical terminology of early Sufism (Tafsir alfaz Al-Sufiya), the stories of Sufis describing their mystical experiences and miraculous events (Hikayat Al-Sufiya), and the poetical verses used by early Sufis to Illustrate their mystical experiences of ecstasy and union with god (al-Amthal wa l-istishhadat)._x000d_ This is the first critical edition of these sufi treatises and it is introduced by a detailed analytical study of sulami's writings as a whole. Detailed indexes include a wealth of information. These treatises provide crucial insight into the world of early Sufism and the most intimate recesses of Sufi experience, thought and doctrine. Dar Al-Machreq, First Edition 2009, Beirut, ISBN: 9782721460264