Unveiling the Secret of the Most Beautiful Names (Kas̱ẖf al-Maʿná ʿan Sir‧rⁱ ʾAsmá Aʟ‧ʟᴀн al-Ḥusná) of ʾibn al-ʿArabī, 1165-1240 ᴀᴅ (2018) ; tr. Friends of Kazi Publications (121 pages)

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| Fy a el =r ind Eta ere a MT | EE Ibn Arabi Unveiling of the Secret of the Most Beautiful Names (Kash al-ma'na ‘an sire asma Allah al-husna) ‘Translated by Kazi Publications Group of Translators Great Books of the Islamic World (© Kazi Publi, ne (USA) 2018 Allrigs eerve No par of hi pulcton ay be eprocnd i ‘nuts or nse nny fr ty any mens meng pba, expres its neal iden eases cries ht ed ar ‘eo ovard the ath te pit of in Ar a over oer it Hes ovied over te centres the precoas dc language in ens of ‘Anh Sul mics have sigh epaund Ge mates of pe Tiptersof nner nation Gat thn i inpenirtle ‘dimensions fhe Dive Nae Their bear reveberate nt ight aad ‘gc ofthe Name by which heya lumi s bral was before ‘hom, andthe older masters, bef him, eachng bck tthe source of The even which poe te method Safa pial ary nt einer hfe whic has permite io survive a pital aon ‘he preset dy. tah tam. Soyjed Honea Nae Excl from Thee Makin Sages door Tithe refs byte vast major fret cep hie fan ent spel of ma ar oft sani adoa aa annie ‘leat of erthdouy tht has made the pte of en Inmast Wesem ees such ey ant wanleoe, devoid of any pralty co ben. Among he ew weno Wester clay who bv ‘edt Quon org of Sufism one ean ame Margit and e pecially Masignon aod Corin, whereas os of the ober fous ‘hols, ike Hore, Nichton, Sin acs, td more recat at ‘er and Aber, hve posted Hind, Neola, Christin or ven “Zorostian gin for Sus, mistaking oo fe the bared frm Intions of th Safi wih the ine experince and elation wich ‘sd abaately on he rice, brah, ing or te Prope Forth ew of Sefsm a the aner dines of lc ani rating work of Schoo, The Tanacendent Unity of Religion tae “Towne esl chap lands Comprnde stam ai 1961, Chap 1; lo R:Gutao, “Lote itm," stam PO ident, Chis Gu Sa (Pais, 194, pp. 158159. 2Seu Abu Bar Sir ain “The Ong of Sufism” The amie Oar 353-64 (Apel 195), bo Mir Valdii, he Quran So (Dati 1959, 3. The flowers of Sutam re over sled Sf the Isami a ses ths being conieed a ck af ounesy fore Sal ison ho ‘is akeady rel th gpl nuh he sae Supreme ey” ‘Alone ofthe Su Paths sl called ai por mit” om ‘which he English “i” egies), or mutton toe wa aiciptes in Suis (seve) s rn Pesan, dav (he Eelich esis) as wellas ever eer names conned with ais amps ofthe Way" oath 4 Since the spr ie roe ielf set wy" a an be tee, too Toi, the Sul oder ilo targa ‘ung andthe ets on designe fone who fl "ah strga) Cocesng the Suede steal nah inthe ‘Enolopoedia of lam by Massie, andthe clascl works of O. uno! and :Chpol, Ls Corre raiener mannan (Ale ‘Wand Rim Maraouts et Konan (Alger, 1880), ‘Thi saying i ced nthe fous Alt aaa (Cai, Isat. 20 See ho "The Ogio Su,” in te lame Quarry (apn 1950, 9.58 ‘Theres eto much er ons waite Matin sha elas among Weser ston of Sufism onthe devon of be wort Saf Opinion hve difeed wf whether cose om mf ening ‘ol wich he ey Sue woe Fa meaning ari or af mening (Belief payer sete Sais osuped the fino payer bind ‘the mam; eve Hom be Grek sophie (hs being the mat likey divin Bese Sophia Arabi would be wah an ath han an), ‘Tete bs alo Been the view expressed by ceria mates hat he term Su isco ete be desved fom anything sand thas bse feaneis indented bythe fet thas fas i merely egies {oDivine Wisden a-ak) according theta ae ‘alton fp Sethe ateleby Rulon, "Estrin ili” Gelato), ‘Concering he vatious meanings given tothe ts Su se R.A _Nchlan "Anse nguiy concen the arin and develope ‘of Sufism, wih at of defintione ofthe tems sf sad awa? ‘ranged hoonalaly”Jural of he Ra sate Sect of London (0906) 9p 303348, “alo thee iso comple “star of Sufism” thee have been severe deo sy various Sef school over te cetries ‘coat te deine al pravices, Of these th most importa |nBuopeen ngunger eth ameros ies f Masignn eel is Esser origins equ cig dea mtg marian (Pars 1988, cspecaly chaps ILV: aha La Paton dose loe Manso a-aly, aryr mystique de slam Pari, 1922) i ‘ssa welt fomaton oath spl ea be tree errs ‘fs ands arise town inte Eneclptei of am iso, ‘befisateon afte say by G C Annona Gud, Lettie masdnane( Pai, 96 devoted he bs f Sut nth on ‘ection may ao be menoned the wor of fro els ike B.A Nicholson, especialy his rte tain 6 above; Std in lane ‘Mystcion (mb 1921), The Mts of nao 1914, he “deaf Persona nao (Cambie, 1923) sn bse ae laion of Haj Kash ak- mab (Leyden, 1911. See also M. Asin Palais, Elam cristonzada ed! foros at bras te Abonaradt de Mura (Mad 1931); E-Dermenghr, Les Sits tmuudmans Alger, 1984) a M. Sith Sau nary Mtn In [Be Neor an tt Eat nan 193), There are several porns hstors ofthe Sas, o ete cca of tees and sping of te sit of am write bythe Su ter Selves of wich the most mous ae Tabapa a-ak of Solr, ‘Miva aly of Ab Nia shaadi o-oo Fash hina Attar nd Nofeat of "Ab Raha ak. Tn Arabic an Persian there have oon sve: dete the story of Sf Among tosin Ambir: A. i al: Tan

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