CONTENTS PAGE
Author's Preface ix
Introduction 1
Chapter One
THE IMPORTANCE OF KNOWLEDGE IN ISLAM 13
Kinds of Knowledge · Divine Knowledge · Man's Knowledge
· Constituents of Ma'rifat (Batin of Islam) · Constituents
of Shariat (Zahir of Islam) · Knowledge of the Essence of God ·
Knowledge of Sifat (Attributes) · Knowledge of Divine Deeds (Af'al)
· Knowledge of Shariat · Knowledge of Consensus ·
The Philosophers · Sayings of the Saints of Islam about Knowledge
Chapter Two
DERVISHHOOD (FAQR) 23
Controversy about Faqr and Ghina (poverty and richness) · Abul
Qasim Qushairi on Faqr and Ghina · Secrets of Faqr and Ghina
Chapter Three
ABOUT TASAWWUF (SUFISM) 37
The reason for the name of Sufi or Sufism · Section - Sayings
of the Sufis · Saying of Dhunnun Misri · Saying of Junaid
Baghdadi · Saying of Abul Hasan Nuri · Saying of Ibn Jala
Damishqi · Saying of Abu Umar Damishqi· Saying of Abu Bakr
Shibli · Saying of Shaikh Husri · Saying of Muhammad bin
Ali bin Hussain bin · Ali ibni Abi Talib · Saying of Abu
Muhammad Murtaish · Saying of Abu Bakr Shibli · Saying of
Junaid Baghdadi · Saying of Shaikh Husri · Saying of Ali
bin Bandar al-Sairni · Saying of Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Maqri ·
Section - The Conduct of the Sufis in the Affairs of People · Saying
of Abu Hafs · Saying of Muhammad Murtaish · Saying of Abu
Ali Quzwini · Saying of Abul Hasan Nuri · Saying of Abul
Hasan Abu Shanja
Chapter Four
WEARING OF PATCHED GARMENTS 57
Method of Patching · Merits and demerits of wearing wool and
other patched garments · Reason for wearing blue clothes ·
Qualifications of a Shaikh · Section - Reason for Changing the Dress
Chapter Five
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FAQR (DERVISHHOOD) AND SAFWAT (PURITY) 67
Chapter Six
SELF-ABASEMENT (MALAMAT) 71
The Causes of Malamat (Defamation) · More Examples of Malamat
· Merits of Malamat
Chapter Seven
LEADING COMPANIONS OF THE PROPHET (s.a.w.) 79
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq · Umar bin al-Khattab · Uthman bin
Affan · Ali bin Abi Talib (The fourth Caliph)
Chapter Eight
THE IMAMS OF THE HOUSE OF THE PROPHET (s.a.w.) 85
Imam Hasan bin al-Murtaza · Imam Hussain bin al-Murtaza ·
Abul Hasan Ali Zainal-Abidin · Imam Ali Abu Ja'far Muhammad bin
Ali bin Hussain al-Baqir · Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq
Chapter Nine
COMPANIONS OF THE VERANDAH (SUFFAH) 93
Chapter Ten
FOLLOWERS OF THE COMPANIONS (TABI'IN) 95
Uwais Qarni · Harm bin Hayan · Khawaja Hasan Basri ·
Saeed bin Mussayyib
Chapter Eleven
COMPANIONS OF THE FOLLOWERS OF THE COMPANIONS 101
Habib Ajami · Malik bin Dinar · Abu Halim Habib bin Aslam
al-Rayi · Abu Hazim al-Madni · Muhammad bin Wasia ·
Imam Abu Hanifah · Abdullah bin Mubarak al-Mazuri · Fudhail
bin Ayadh · Dhunnun bin Ibrahim al-Misri (Egyptian) · Khawaja
Ibrahim bin Adham · Bishr Hafi · Abu Yazid Bistami ·
Abu Abdullah al-Harith bin Asad al-Muhasibi · Abu Sulaiman Daud
bin al-Tai · Abul Hasan Sari Saqti · - Charms of God Vision
(Didar): · Abu Ali Shaqiq Balkhi · The Pious do not Die:
· Shaikh Abu Sulaiman Darani · Ma'ruf Karkhi · Hatim
al-Asam · Imam Shafiyi · Imam Ahmad bin Hambal · Ahmad
bin al-Hawari · Ahmad bin Khadhroya · Abu Turab al-Nasfi
· Yahya bin Muadh Razi · Shaikh Abu Hafs · Abu Salih
Hamdun · Masur bin Ammar · Abu Abdullah bin Asim Autaki ·
Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Khafif · Abul Qasim Junaid Baghdadi ·
Abul Hasan Ahmad Khurasani al-Nuri · - Sufi Sects · Abu Uthman
Saeed bin Ismail Hiri · Abu Abdullah Ahmad bin Yahya bin Jalal ·
Abu Muhammad Ruwaym bin Ahmad · Abu Ya'qub Yusuf bin Hussain Razi
· Abul Hasan Samnun bin Abdullah Khawas · Shah Shuja Kirmani
· Umar bin Uthman Makki · Abu Muhammad Suhail bin Abdullah
Tustari · Abu Muhammad Abdullah Muhammad bin Balkhi · Abu
Abdullah Muhammad bin Ali Tirmidhi · Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Umar
Warraq · Abu Saeed bin Isa Kharraz · Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad
Asfahani · Muhammad bin Ismail Khair-un-Nasaj · Abu Hamzah
Khurasani · Abul Abbas Ahmad bin Masruq · Abu Abdullah bin
Ahmad Ismail Maghribi · Abu Ali bin Hasan bin Ali Jurjani ·
Abu Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Hussain Jariri · Abul Abbas Ahmad bin
Muhammad bin Sahl Amli · Abul Mughith Hussain bin Mansur Hallaj
· Abu Ishaq Ibrahim bin Ahmad Khawas · Abu Hamzah Baghdadi
Bazzaz · Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Musa Wasiti · Abu Bakr bin
Dulaf Shibli · Abu Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Nasiruddin Khuldi ·
Abu Ali Rodbari · Abul Abbas Qasim bin Mahdi Sayyari · Abul
Abbas Qasim · Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Khafif · Abu Uthman
Saeed bin Sallam Maghribi · Abul Qasim Ibrahim bin Mahmud Nasrabadi
· Abul Hasan Ali bin Ibrahim Husri
Chapter Twelve
ABOUT THE SUFIS OF MODERN TIMES 165
Abul Abbas Ahmad bin Muhammad Qassab · Abu Ali Daqqaq ·
Abul Hasan Ali bin Ahmad Kharqani · Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Ali
Daghistani · Abu Saeed Fadhlullah bin Muhammad Mihni · Abul
Fadhl Muhammad bin Hasan Khuttali · Abul Qasim bin Hawazan Qushairi
· Abul Abbas Ahmad bin Muhammad Ashqani · Abul Qasim bin
Ali bin Abdullah Gorgani · Abu Ahmad al-Muzaffar bin Ahmad bin Hamdan
Chapter Thirteen
CONTEMPORARY SUFIS 175
The Shaikhs of Syria And Iraq · The Shaikhs of Fars ·
The Shaikhs of Kohistan, Azerbaijan And Tabaristan · The Shaikhs
of Karman · The Shaikhs of Khurasan, The Blessed Land · The
Shaikhs of Transoxus Countries · The Shaikhs of Ghazna
Chapter Fourteen
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION AMONG SUFI ORDERS 181
The Muhasibi School of Thought · What is Ridha? · Sayings
About Ridha · Difference between Hal and Maqam · THE QASSARIS
· What is greatness? · THE TAIFURIS · Difference Between
Sukr and Sahw · Kinds of Sukr · Kinds of Sahw · THE
JUNAIDIYA SCHOOL · THE NURIYA DOCTRINE · The Nature of Ithar
· Kinds of Ithar · Sacrifice of Abul Hasan Nuri ·
Sacrifice of Abdullah bin Umar · Sacrifice of Nine Sufis ·
Sacrifice of Ali · Sacrifice of the Wounded Sahabah · Sacrifice
of an Israelite · Sacrifice of a Lion · THE SAHLIYYA DOCTRINE
· The Nature of Nafs (lowerself) and Hawa (lust) · Sayings
of the Sufi Shaikhs about Nafs · Purification of Nafs · The
Nature of Lust (Hawa) · THE HAKIMIYAH SCHOOL · Affirmation
of Walayat · On Miracles (Karamat) · The difference between
Mu'jizat and Karamat · Manifestation of Karamat on the Part of One
who Professes Divinity · Superiority of Prophets to the Auliya ·
Superiority of the Prophets and Saints to the Angels · THE KHARRAZIYAH
ORDER · Fana and Baqa · What is Fana · OPINIONS OF
VARIOUS SHAIKHS ON FANA AND BAQA · THE KHAFIFIYAH ORDER ·
Discourse on Ghaibat and Hudhur · THE SAYYARIYAH ORDER ·
Discourse on Jama' and Tafriqa (Union and Separation) · THE HULULIYAH
SECT (the Reincarnationists) · Discourse on the human soul (ruh)
Chapter Fifteen
LIFTING OF THE FIRST VEIL: REGARDING MA'RIFAT OF ALLAH (GNOSIS) 275
Chapter Sixteen
LIFTING OF THE SECOND VEIL: REGARDING TAUHID (ONENESS OR MONOTHEISM)
291
Chapter Seventeen
LIFTING OF THE THIRD VEIL: REGARDING IMAN (FAITH) 299
Chapter Eighteen
LIFTING OF THE FOURTH VEIL: REGARDING PURIFICATION (TAHARAT) 305
Kinds of Purification
Chapter Nineteen
REPENTANCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS 309
What is Repentance (Taubah) ?
Chapter Twenty
LIFTING OF THE FIFTH VEIL: REGARDING SALAT (PRAYER) 317
Chapter Twenty-one
LOVE AND MATTERS CONNECTED WITH IT 325
Kinds of love · Love: Ishq
Chapter Twenty-two
LIFTING OF THE SIXTH VEIL: REGARDING ZAKAT (COMPULSORY TAX FOR THE
POOR) 333
Regarding Bountifulness (Jud) and Generosity (Sakha)
Chapter Twenty-three
LIFTING OF THE SEVENTH VEIL: ON FASTING (AS-SAWM) 339
On Hunger and Matters Related to it
Chapter Twenty-four
LIFTING OF THE EIGHTH VEIL: ON THE PILGRIMAGE (HAJJ) 347
Mushahidah
Chapter Twenty-five
LIFTING OF THE NINTH VEIL: ON COMPANIONSHIP AND ALLIED TOPICS 355
On Details of Etiquettes · Rules of Companionship Concerning
the Residents · Regarding Rules for the Travelling Dervishes ·
Manners of eating · On Mashaikh's Manners of Walking · Etiquette
of Sleeping in Travel and at Home · On Rules Regarding Speech and
Silence · On the Etiquettes of asking (sawal) · Rules and
Etiquettes Regarding the Sufi's Marriage (taswij) and Celibacy (tajrid)
Chapter Twenty-six
ON THE LIFTING OF THE TENTH VEIL: CONCERNING SUFI PHRASEOLOGY AND
DEFINITIONS OF THEIR TERMS AND VARIETY OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCES, SECRETS
AND MYSTERIES 379
Hal and Waqt · Maqam and Tamkin · Muhadhirah and Mukashfah
· Qabd (contraction) and Bast (expansion) · Uns (Intimacy)
and Haibat (Awe) · Qahr (violence) and Lutf (kindness) ·
Nafi (negation) and Asbat (affirmation) · Musamrah and Muhadithah
· Ilm-ul-Yaqin, Ain-ul-Yaqin, Haq-ul-Yaqin · Ilm (knowledge)
and Ma'rifat (Gnosis) · Shariat (The law) and Haqiqat (Reality)
· Second category of Sufi Terms employed with metaphor to describe
their spiritual experiences· Haq · Haqiqat · Khatarat
· Watanat · Tams · Alaiq · Wasait ·
Zawaid · Fawaid · Malja · Manja · Kulliyat
· Lawaih · Lawami · Tawali · Tawariq ·
Lataif · Sirr · Najwa · Isharat · Ima ·
Warid · Intibah · Ishtibah · Qarar · Inziaj
· Third category of Sufi Terms employed without metaphor to describe
their spiritual experiences · Alam · Muhdath · Qadim
· Azal · Abad · Dhat · Sifat · Ism ·
Tasmiyat · Nafi · Ithbat · Shai'an · Dhiddan
· Ghairan · Jawahir · Ardh · Jism ·
Sawal · Jawab · Husn · Qubh · Safah ·
Zulm · Adl · Malik · Fourth category of Terms ·
Khatir · Waqia · Ikhtiyar · Imtihan · Bala
· Tajalli · Tahalli · Takhalli · Shurood ·
Qusud · Istina · Istifa · Istilain · Rein ·
Ghein · Talbis · Shurb · Dhawq
Chapter Twenty-Seven
LIFTING OF THE ELEVENTH VEIL: ON SAMAA' (SPIRITUAL MUSIC) 403
Hearing of Qur'an and allied matters · On hearing poetry ·
On hearing songs and melodies · On Ahkam-i-Samaa' (Principles of
Music) · Sayings of Mashaikh on Samaa' · On difference of
opinion about Samaa' · Regarding their grades (Maratib) in Samaa'
· Wajd, Wujud and Tawajud · On Dancing (Raqs) · Looking
at Human Beauty · On the rules of Samaa' (Adab-i-Samaa')
Appendix One
Name Index 421
(Index of Names of Persons Mentioned in This Book)
Appendix Two
Subject Index
(Selective Index of Terms and Subjects Mentioned in This Book)
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