Awárif-ul-Ma'árif — A Manual of Sufism

Shihāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī, translated by H. Wilberforce Clarke (1891)

A structured thirteenth-century manual on the stages, states and etiquette of the Sufi path.

The complete text in 13 sections, 425 pages in the print edition. Public domain and free to read.

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