The spiritual writings of Amir ʻAbd al-Kader / Michel Chodkiewicz ; translated by a team under the direction of James Chrestensen and Tom Manning. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn, Amir of Mascara, 1807?-1883.

Contributor:

Chodkiewicz, Michel.

Chrestensen, James.

Manning, Tom.

Series:

SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions The spiritual writings of Amir °Abd al-Kader

Standardized Title:

Mawāqif. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam--Doctrines.

Islam.

ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn, Amir of Mascara, 1807?-1883.

ʻAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥyī al-Dīn.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 233 p. )

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Behind 'Abd al-Kader's role of brilliant warrior lay another, that of spiritual master in the direct lineage of Ibn 'Arabi, the Shaikh al-Akbar (the greatest shaikh). The thirty-nine texts translated here were chosen because they represent the major themes of the teaching of 'Abd al-Kader. Many are commentaries on passages from the writings of Ibn 'Arabi. They offer a rare opportunity to share the illumination of a master writing from his own direct experience. -- Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction

I. On the Way. 1 God has Stolen my "I" from Me

- 2. The Two Ways

- 3. On Pure Love

- 4. Perfect Adoration

- 5. Oh, thou, Soul at Peace

- 6. What then has He Lost who has Found You?

- 7. On the Necessity of a Spiritual Master

- 8. The Two Deaths

- 9. When the Sight will be Dazed ...

- 10. On the Prayer by Day and the Prayer by Night

- 11. On Certitude

- 12. He who Speaks and he who Listens

- 13. On the True Fear of God

- 14. When the Sun will Rise in the Place of its Setting

II. On the Unicity of Being. 15. On the Supreme Identity

- 16. The Truth which should be Concealed

- 17. On the Eternal Solitude of the Divine Essence

- 18. Being and Non-being

- 19. And He is with you wherever you are ...

- 20. The Exclusive Orientation

- 21. Concerning Universal Life

- 22. The Secrets of the Lam-Alif

III. The Theophanies. 23. The Face of God

- 24. Transcendence and Immanence

- 25. The Light of the Heavens and of the Earth

- 26. The Theophanies and their Receptacles

- 27. The Minaret of the Divine Names

IV. On God and the Gods. 28. He is that ...

- 29. The God Conditioned by Belief

- 30. Concerning ''Learned Ignorance"

V. On Secondary Causes. 31. Divine Knowledge and Divine Decree

- 32. Concerning the Attribution of Acts

- 33. On Evil

- 34. On Secondary Causes

- 35. The Return to God

VI. On the Prophet. 36. On the Imitation of the Prophet

- 37. Concerning Extinction in the Prophet

- 38. Concerning Abandonment to God

- 39. Unitive Vision and Separative Vision

VII. I am God, I am Creature ... 40. I am God, I am Creature.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-228) and index.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-228) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-9901-4

0-585-04588-7