Kashf al-Mahjub the revelation of the veiled : an early Persian treatise on sufism : Ali b. 'Uthman al-Jullabi al-Hujwiri / translated by Reynold A. Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne, 1868-1945, translator.

Series:

Gibb Memorial Trust Persian Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufism--Early works to 1800.

Sufism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (461 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication unknown] : E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Al-Hujwīrī came from Ghazna, now in Afghanistan, then the capital of the mighty Ghaznavid Empire. He was a Sufi mystic who travelled widely in the Middle East and Transoxiana. The Kashf al-Mahj̣ūb was probably written in Lahore, where he is buried, not long before his death in about 1074. One of the oldest Sufi works in Persian, it is a substantial treatise aiming to set forth a complete system of Sufism. This is achieved partly by the discussion of acts and saying of the great figures of the past, partly by discussion of features of doctrine and practice and the examination of the different vi

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; Introduction; I On the Affirmation of Knowledge; II On Poverty; III On Sụ́fism; IV On the Weaaring of Patched Frocks; V The Different Opinions held concerning Poverty and Purity; VI On Blame (Malámat); VII Concerning their Imáms who belonged to the Companions; VIII Concerning their Imáms who belonged to the House of the Prophet; IX Concerning the People of the Veranda (Ahl-i Sụffa); X Concerning their Imáms who belonged to the Followers (al- Tábi''ún)

XI Concerning their Imáms who lived subsequently to the Followers down to our dayXII Concerning the principal Sụ́fís of recent times; XIII A brief account of the modern Sụ́fís in different countries; XIV Concerning the Doctrines held by the different sects of Sụ́fís; XV The Uncovering of the First Veil: Concerning the Gnosis of God (mar''rifat Allah); XVI The Uncovering of the Second Veil: Concerning Unification (tawhị́d); XVII The Uncovering of the Third Veil: Concerning Faith; XVIII The Uncovering of the Fourth Veil: Concerning Purification from Foulness

XIX The Uncovering of the Fifth Veil: Concerning Prayer (al-sạlát)XX The Uncovering ofthe Sixth Veil: Concerning Alms (al-zakát); XXI The Uncovering ofthe Seventh Veil: On Fasting (al-sạwm); XXII The Uncovering of the Eighth Veil: Concerningthe Pilgrimage; XXIII The Uncovering of the Ninth Veil: ConcerningCompanionship, together with its Rules and Principles; XXIV The Uncovering of the Tenth Veil: explaining their phraseology and the definitions of their terms and the verities of the ideas which are signified; XXV The Uncovering of the Eleventh Veil: Concerning Audition (samá''); Index

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Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.Description based on online resource; title from title page (Ebook Central, viewed March 12, 2026).

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page, (ebrary, viewed September 22, 2014).

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ISBN:

9781909724464

1909724467

9781909724440

1909724440

OCLC:

1481791103