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AlQushayri Epistle on Sufism

Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya Fi ilm al-tasawwuf Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri Translated by Professor Alexander D. Knysh Reviewed by Dr Muhammad Eissa

ALQUSHAYRI EPISTLE ON SUFISM

Book Contents

• Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization: Board of Trustees xv
• Center for Muslim Contribution to Civilization: Board xvi
• Acknowledgements xvii
• The Translator’s Note xix
• Translator’s Introduction: Al-Qushayri’s “Epistle on Sufism”: The author
• and his book xxi
• Author’s Introduction 1
• A chapter explaining the beliefs of the Sufis concerning the fundamentals
• of religion 4
• Section [on divine oneness] 14
• Chapter 1 On the masters of this path and their deeds and sayings
• that show how they uphold the Divine Law 17
• Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Adham b. Mansur 18
• Abu ‘l-Fayd Dhu ‘l-Nun al-Misri 19
• Abu ‘Ali al-Fudayl b. ‘Iyad 20
• Abu Mahfuz Ma’ruf b. Fayruz al-Karkhi 21
• Abu ‘l-Hasan [al-]Sari b. al-Mughallis al-Saqati 23
• Abu Nasr Bishr b. al-Harith al-Hafi (the Barefoot) 25
• Abu ‘Abdallah al-Harith al-Muhasibi 27
• Abu Sulayman Dawud b. Nusayr al-Ta’i 29
• Abu ‘Ali Shaqiq b. Ibrahim al-Balkhi 30
• Abu Yazid b. Tayfur b. ‘Isa al-Bastami 32
• Abu Muhammad Sahl b. ‘Abdallah al-Tustari 33
• Abu Sulayman ‘Abd al-Rahman b. ‘Atiyya al-Darani 35
• Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman Hatim b. ‘Unwan 36
• Abu Zakariya Yahya b. Mu’adh al-Razi, the Preacher 37
• Abu Hamid Ahmad b. Khadrawayh (Khidruya) al-Balkhi 38
• Abu ‘l-Hasan Ahmad b. Abi ‘l-Hawari 39
• Abu Hafs ‘Umar b. Maslama al-Haddad 39
• Abu Turab ‘Askar b. Husayn al-Nakhshabi 40
• Abu Muhammad ‘Abdallah b. Khubayq 41
• Abu ‘Ali Ahmad b. ‘Asim al-Antaki 41
• Abu ‘l-Sari Mansur b. ‘Ammar 42
• Abu Salih Hamdun b. Ahmad b. ‘Umara al-Qassar 42
• Abu ‘l-Qasim al-Junayd b. Muhammad 43
• Abu ‘Uthman Sa’id b. Isma’il al-Hiri 45
• Abu ‘l-Husayn Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Nuri 46
• Abu ‘Abdallah Ahmad b. Yahya al-Jalla’ 47
• Abu Muhammad Ruwaym b. Ahmad 48
• Abu ‘Abdallah Muhammad b. al-Fadl al-Balkhi 48
• Abu Bakr Ahmad b. Nasr al-Zaqqaq al-Kabir 49
• Abu ‘Abdallah ‘Amr b. ‘Uthman al-Makki 50
• Samnun b. Hamza 50
• Abu ‘Ubayd al-Busri 51
• Abu ‘l-Fawaris Shah b. Shuja’ al-Kirmani 52
• Yusuf b. al-Husayn 52
• Abu ‘Abdallah Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-Tirmidhi 52
• Abu Bakr Muhammad b. ‘Umar al-Warraq al-Tirmidhi 53
• Abu Sa’id Ahmad b. ‘Isa al-Kharraz 53
• Abu ‘Abdallah Muhammad b. Isma’il al-Maghribi 54
• Abu ‘l-’Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad Masruq 54
• Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali b. Sahl al-Isbahani 54
• Abu Muhammad Ahmad b. Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Jurayri 55
• Abu ‘l-’Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Sahl b. ‘Ata’ al-Adami 56
• Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Ahmad al-Khawwas 56
• Abu Muhammad ‘Abdallah b. Muhammad al-Kharraz 57
• Abu ‘l-Hasan Bunan b. Muhammad al-Hammal 57
• Abu Hamza al-Baghdadi al-Bazzaz 57
• Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Musa al-Wasiti 58
• Abu ‘l-Hasan b. al-Sa’igh 59
• Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Dawud al-Raqqi 59
• Mimshadh al-Dinawari 59
• Khayr al-Nassaj 60
• Abu Hamza al-Khurasani 60
• Abu Bakr Dulaf b. Jahdar al-Shibli 61
• Abu Muhammad ‘Abdallah b. Muhammad al-Murta’ish 62
• Abu ‘Ali Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Rudhbari 62
• Abu Muhammad ‘Abdallah b. Munazil 63
• Abu ‘Ali Muhammad b. ‘Abd al-Wahhab al-Thaqafi 63
• Abu ‘l-Khayr al-Aqta’ 64
• Abu Bakr Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-Kattani 64
• Abu Ya’qub Ishaq b. Muhammad al-Nahrajuri 64
• Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali b. Muhammad al-Muzayyin 65
• Abu ‘Ali b. al-Katib 65
• Muzaffar al-Qirmisini 65
• Abu Bakr ‘Abdallah b. Tahir al-Abhari 66
• Abu ‘l-Husayn b. Bunan 66
• Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Shayban al-Qirmisini 66
• Abu Bakr al-Husayn b. ‘Ali b. Yazdanyar 67
• Abu Sa’id b. al-A’rabi 67
• Abu ‘Amr Muhammad b. Ibrahim al-Zajjaji al-Naysaburi 67
• Abu Muhammad Ja’far b. Muhammad b. Nusayr 68
• Abu ‘l-’Abbas al-Sayyari 68
• Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Dawud al-Dinawari 68
• Abu Muhammad ‘Abdallah b. Muhammad al-Razi 69
• vi AL-QUSHAYRI’S EPISTLE ON SUFISM
• Abu ‘Amr Isma’il b. Nujayd 69
• Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali b. Ahmad b. Sahl al-Bushanji 69
• Abu ‘Abdallah Muhammad b. Khafif al-Shirazi 70
• Abu ‘l-Husayn Bundar b. al-Husayn al-Shirazi 71
• Abu Bakr al-Tamastani 71
• Abu ‘l-’Abbas Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Dinawari 71
• Abu ‘Uthman Sa’id b. Sallam al-Maghribi 72
• Abu ‘l-Qasim Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Nasrabadhi 72
• Abu ‘l-Hasan ‘Ali b. Ibrahim al-Husri al-Basri 73
• Abu ‘Abdallah Ahmad b. ‘Ata’ al-Rudhbari 73
• Conclusion 74
• Chapter 2 An explanation of the expressions used by this [Sufi] community and of their difficulties 75
• The [mystical] moment (waqt) 75
• The [mystical] station (maqam) 77
• The [mystical] state (hal) 78
• Contraction (qabd) and expansion (bast) 79
• Awe (hayba) and intimacy (uns) 81
• [The states of] ecstatic behavior (tawajud), ecstatic rapture (wajd), and ecstatic finding (wujud) 83
• Unification (jam’) and separation (farq) 87
• The unification of unification (jam’ al-jam’) 88
• Annihilation (fana’) and subsistence (baqa’) [in God] 89
• Absence (ghayba) and presence (hudur) 91
• Sobriety (sahw) and drunkenness (sukr) 93
• Tasting (dhawq) and drinking (shurb) 95
• Erasure (mahw) and affirmation (ithbat) 96
• Concealment (satr) and [self-]manifestation (tajalli) 96
• Presence (muhadara), unveiling (mukashafa) and witnessing (mushahada) 97
• Glimmers (lawa’ih), dawnings (tawali’) and flashes (lawami’) 99
• [Unexpected] raids (bawadih) and attacks (hujum) 100
• Inconstancy (talwin) and stability (tamkin) 100
• Proximity (qurb) and distance (bu’d) 103
• The [Divine] Law (shari’a) and the True Reality (haqiqa) 105
• Breath (nafas) 105
• Thoughts (khawatir) 106
• Certain knowledge (‘ilm al-yaqin), the essence of certainty (‘ayn al-yaqin) and the truth of certainty (haqq al-yaqin) 107
• Occurrence (warid) 108
• Witness (shahid) 108
• The soul (nafs) 109
• The spirit (ruh) 110
• The innermost self (sirr) 110
• ABU ‘L-QASIM AL-QUSHAYRI vii
• Chapter 3 The [mystical] stations (maqamat) 111
• Repentance (tawba) 111
• Striving (mujahada) 118
• Retreat (khalwa) and seclusion (‘uzla) 122
• Fear of God (taqwa) 125
• Scrupulousness (wara’) 129
• Renunciation (zuhd) 134
• Silence (samt) 138
• Fear (khawf ) 142
• Hope (raja’) 148
• Sadness (huzn) 155
• Hunger (ju’) and the abandonment of [carnal] desire (shahwa) 157
• Humility (khushu’) and modesty (tawadu’) 161
• Opposing the soul (mukhalafat al-nafs) and remembering its faults (dhikr ‘uyubiha) 167
• Envy (hasad) 170
• Backbiting (ghiba) 172
• Contentment (qana’a) 175
• Trust in God (tawakkul) 178
• Gratitude (shukr) 188
• Certainty (yaqin) 193
• Patience (sabr) 196
• Awareness [of God] (muraqaba) 202
• Satisfaction (rida) 205
• Servanthood (‘ubudiyya) 210
• Desire (irada) 213
• Uprightness (istiqama) 217
• Sincerity (ikhlas) 220
• Truthfulness (sidq) 222
• Shame (haya) 226
• Freedom (hurriyya) 229
• Remembrance (dhikr) 232
• Chivalry (futuwwa) 237
• Spiritual insight (firasa) 242
• Moral character (khuluq) 252
• Munificence (jud) and generosity (sakha’) 257
• Jealousy (ghayra) 264
• Friendship with God (wilaya) 268
• Supplicatory prayer (du’a’) 273
• Poverty (faqr) 280
• Sufism (tasawwuf) 288
• Good manners (adab) 292
• The rules of travel (safar) 297
• Companionship (suhba) 302
• The Oneness of God (tawhid) 306
• How some Sufis [of old] behaved at the time of their departure from this world (ahwaluhum ‘inda ‘l-khuruj min al-dunya) 312
• Divine gnosis (al-ma’rifa [bi-llah]) 319
• Love (mahabba) 325
• Passionate longing (shawq) 335
• On how [God] protects the hearts of Sufi masters and on [the necessity of] not opposing them [in anything they do] 339
• Listening to music (sama’) 342
• Miracles of God’s friends (karamat al-awliya’) 357
• The vision of the Sufis (ru’yat al-qawm) 392
• Spiritual advice for Sufi novices (wasaya li ‘l-muridin) 403
• Glossary 417
• Bibliography 427
• Index of proper names, toponyms, and concepts

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