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Awarif-ul-Ma'arif

A Manual of Sufism
Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi
Translated by H. Wilberforce ClarkeOriginal translation published 1891425 pages

Where much of this catalog is poetry or memoir, Awarif-ul-Ma'arif is closer to a training manual: a systematic account of the stages of spiritual practice, the conduct of the spiritual guide and student, and the etiquette of communal life. It fills a different niche in the catalog, practice-oriented rather than devotional or poetic.

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Public domain in the US (published 1891). Source text: archive.org. Source

About this edition

This Hidden Lantern edition of Awarif-ul-Ma'arif is set from H. Wilberforce Clarke’s translation, re-typeset for readability with corrected text, modernised layout, and endnotes linked in the digital editions. It runs to 425 pages in print.

H. Wilberforce Clarke (1840–1905), a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Engineers, translated several major Persian works while stationed in India, including the Divan of Hafiz.

Contents

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  1. AWARIF-UL-MA’ARIF
  2. preface
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. Shuyukhiyat (Being a Shaikh)
  5. Sama’, the Khirka, and Khilvat
  6. ‘Ilm, Ma‘rifat, Hal and Makam, Tauhid and Zat
  7. ‘Ilm-i-Kiyam, Nafs, Ruh, and the States of the Path
  8. The Aurad, Zuhd, Fakr, and the States of the Path
  9. Ru’yat, Ma’rifat-i-dil, and Ma’rifat-i-murid
  10. I’tikad, ‘Ilm-i-fariza, and the Hal of Man
  11. The Adab of Muhammad, of God, of Livelihood, and Salat
  12. The Darvishes: the Rose, the Bai’at, and the Daur 1
  13. ABOUT THIS EDITION

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