Index

INDEX

I. PERSONS, PLACES, AND BOOKS

Names of persons and places are printed in Roman type, whether they occur in the translation or in that portion of the Arabic text which has not been translated. Titles of books are printed in italics.

A

Abraham, 10, 123.

al-Abraq, 76, 77.

al-Abraqán, 63, 132, 137.

Abu ’l-‘Abbás as-Sayyárí, 52.

Abú Bakr, 113, 122.

Abú ‘Ísá at-Tirmidhí, 3, 10, 11.

Abú Madyan, 116.

Abú Sa‘íd al-Kharráz, 90.

Abú Yazíd al-Bisṭámí, 115, 116.

Adam, 64, 89, 92, 98, 102, 113, 114.

Adhri‘át, 124.

al-Ajra‘, 105, 106.

Ajyád, 81, 82, 148, 149.

Aleppo, 5.

‘Alí, 68.

‘Álij, 72, 73, 146.

Anjasha, 148, 149.

Áqsaray, 5.

al-‘Aqúq, 93, 95.

‘Arafát, 61, 145.

al-Aswad b. Ya‘fur, 142.

‘Aynu ’sh-Shams wa ’l-Bahá, 3.

See Niẓám, daughter of Makínu ’ddín.

B

Baghdád, 56, 116, 122, 123, 141-3, 148.

Baghdán, 122, 123.

Bakrí, 142.

al-Baláṭ, 14.

Báriq, 101, 137, 146.

Beatrice, 8.

Bilqís, 49-51, 98.

Birk al-Ghamím, 132.

Birk al-Ghimád, 132.

Bishr, 67, 89.

Buṣrá, 124.

D

Da‘d, 54.

Dár al-Falak, 140, 141.

David, 49.

Dhát al-Aḍá, 116, 117, 137, 146, 147.

Dhát al-Ajra‘, 97, 104.

Dhát al-Athl, 66, 67.

Dhát al-Ghaḍá, 134.

Dhu ’l-Khaḍimát, 148.

Dhu ’l-Qarnayn, 112.

Dhu Salam, 70, 137, 146.

Diḥya, 115.

Díwán of Ibn al-‘Arabí, 1.

Dozy, 1, 2, 5, 9.

F

Fakhru ’n-Nisá bint Rustam, 3, 10.

Fluegel, 1, 2.

Futúḥát al-Makkiyya, 9.

G

Gabriel, 50, 106, 115, 123.

al-Ghaḍá, 121, 146.

Ghaylán, 67, 87.

al-Ghazálí, 113, 125.

Gospel, the, 49, 51, 52.

H

al-Hádí, 148, 149.

al-Haditha, 118.

Ḥájir (al-Ḥájir), 13, 53, 55, 78, 80-2, 84, 87, 98, 101, 107, 108, 110, 112, 114, 118, 134, 135, 140, 146.

Hájjí Khalífa, 2, 5, 6, 9.

al-Halba, 54, 56.

Ḥijáz, the, 10.

al-Ḥimá, 13, 70.

Hind, 54, 67, 87, 89.

Ḥíra, 142.

al-Hujwírí, 52.

I

Iblís, 49, 53, 98.

Ibn al-‘Adím, 5.

Ibn Junayd al-Ifríqí, 97, 100.

Iḍam, 110, 112, 148.

Idrís, 49-51, 56, 92, 98, 101.

Imru’u ’l-Qays, 130.

India, 92.

‘Iráq, 8, 87, 89, 90.

Iṣfahán, 8, 87.

Ismá‘ílís, system of the, 66.

J

Jam‘, 61, 66, 67, 145, 146.

al-Jar‘á, 138, 139.

Jerusalem, 123.

Jesus, 49, 51, 52, 56, 123.

Jesus, river of, 54, 56.

Jiyád, 11.

Junayd, 90.

K

Ka‘ba, the, 62, 66, 67, 69.

Kamálu ’ddin Abú ’l-Qásim b. Najmu ’ddin the Cadi Ibn al-‘Adím, 5.

al-Karkh, 118.

Kashf al-Maḥjúb, 52, 74.

al-Kathíb, 53, 54.

al-Khaḍir, 113, 118.

al-Khawarnaq, 78, 79, 146, 147.

Koran, the, 51, 52, 67, 69, 127, 128.

—quotations from the, 12, 49, 50, 51, 55, 58, 61, 64, 65, 68, 69, 71, 79, 81, 83, 85, 88, 90, 95, 102, 109, 113-15, 118, 120, 126-8, 131, 133, 134, 137, 141, 144.

L

La‘la‘, 53, 54, 96, 98, 101, 104, 105, 146.

Lubná, 54, 67, 87, 89.

Lycaonia, 5.

M

Maghrib, the, 90.

Makínu ’ddin Abú Shujá‘ Záhir b. Rustam b. Abi’r-Rajá al-Iṣbahání, 3, 6, 10, 11.

Malámatís, the, 74.

Ma‘n b. Zá’ida, 11.

al-Manḥar al-A‘lá, 53, 55.

Ma‘rúf al-Karkhí, 84.

al-Mas‘úd Abú Muḥammad Badr b. ‘Abdallah al-Ḥabashí al-Khádim, 5.

al-Mawṣil, 84.

Mayya, 67, 87.

al-Ma’zimán, 137.

Mecca, 1-6, 10, 12, 55, 82, 122, 123, 149.

Medina, 82, 94, 122, 146.

Merv, 52.

Mind, 53, 55, 61, 66, 98, 121, 122, 146.

Moses, 49, 64, 81, 91, 123.

al-Mudarraj, 134, 135.

Muḥammad, the Prophet, 10, 50, 52, 57, 66, 68, 69, 82, 84, 101, 113, 116, 124, 126. 135, 149. See Traditions of the Prophet.

al-Muḥaṣṣab, 53, 55, 61, 66, 67.

al-Musanná, 140, 141.

al-Mushalshal, 129.

Muslim, 71.

Mutanabbí, 140.

al-Muzdalifa, 67.

N

Najd, 58, 121, 122, 143, 144.

Na‘mán, 66, 68.

an-Naqá, 76, 77, 104, 105, 110, 129, 134, 135, 146.

an-Náṭifí, 89.

Nawawí, 149.

Niẓám, daughter of Makínu ’ddín, 3, 6, 8, 11, 89.

P

Pentateuch, the, 51. See Tora.

Persia, 3, 8, 87, 122, 123, 127, 128.

Pertsch, 2.

Psalms, the, 49, 51, 52.

Q

Qaḍíb al-Bán, 100, 118.

Qanát, 129.

Qays, 67, 87.

Qays b. adh-Dharíḥ, 89.

Qubá, 98, 110, 113.

Qurrat al-‘Ayn, 15.

Quss b. Sá‘ida, 11.

Quṭb, the, 114, 116, 123, 136, 139, 141, 143, 149.

R

ar-Rabáb, 54.

Raḍwá, 138, 139.

Ráma, 61, 86-8, 134, 135, 146, 147.

Risálat adh-Dhakhá’ir wa ’l-A‘láq, 9.

Rome, 49, 51.

ar-Rúm, 14.

S

Sabá, 111.

aṣ-Ṣabá, 146, 147.

as-Sadír, 78, 79.

Sal‘, 81, 82, 118, 134-6.

Salam, 140.

Salmá, 54, 56, 57, 148.

as-Samaw’al, 11.

Sámirí, 112.

Sarḥat al-Wádí, 61.

as-Sayyárí, 52.

Shamsu ’ddin Ismá‘íl b. Súdakín an-Núrí, 5.

Sinai, Mt., 81.

Sindád, 142, 143, 148.

Solomon, 57.

Sulaymá, 87, 89.

Syria, 90.

T

at-Tan‘ím, 120.

Ta‘rífat, the, of Jurjání, 1.

Ṭayba, 122, 145, 146.

Technical terms, Súfí, glossary of the, by Ibn al-‘Arabí, 1.

Thahmad, 91, 101.

Tigris, the, 141-3.

Tiháma, 11, 58, 117.

at-Tirmidhí, 11. See Abú ‘Ísá at-Tirmidhí.

Tora, the, 49, 51, 52, 67, 69.

Traditions of the Prophet, 50, 52-5, 58, 60, 62, 64-7, 71, 72, 80, 84, 95, 99, 102, 106, 108, 114, 116, 123, 124, 126, 127, 131, 148.

U

al-‘Udhayb, 82, 83.

‘Umar b. Abí Rabí‘a, 87, 89.

‘Utba al-Ghulám, 65.

al-Uthayl, 76, 77, 84, 85, 108.

W

Wádi ’l-‘Aqíq, 93, 94.

al-Walad al-Bárr Shamsu ’ddín Ismá‘íl b. Súdakín an-Núrí, 5.

Wána, 129.

Y

Yalamlam, 53, 54.

al-Yaman. See Yemen.

Yathrib, 122.

Yemen, 8, 87, 89, 90, 120, 148.

Z

Zamzam, 53, 55, 61, 62.

Zarúd. 82, 83, 87, 91, 120, 140.

az-Zawrá, 112, 116, 138, 139.

Zaynab, 54, 87, 89.

II. SUBJECTS AND TECHNICAL TERMS

A

al-afrád, 113, 116.

aḥadiyyat, 144.

aḥwál, 51, 52, 64, 68, 75, 85, 100.

‘álam al-amr, 56.

‘álam al-anfás, 52, 64, 75, 106.

‘álam al-ghayb, 88.

‘álam ash-shahádat, 88.

Ascension, the spiritual, 52, 57, 135.

Ascetics, 89.

Attributes, the Divine, 54, 57, 90, 108, 109, 118, 137, 147.

B

al-barzakh, 62, 81.

basṭ, 56.

Bees, inspiration of the, 114, 133.

Body, three dimensions of the, 149.

C

Camels, a figurative term for actions, 50, 59; for aspirations, 53, 59, 77, 83, 84, 94, 104, 110, 113, 129, 139; for human faculties, 78.

Causes, secondary, 115, 119.

Colocynth, 129.

Contemplation, 51, 54, 74, 79, 88, 92, 93, 102, 106, 108, 135-7, 143, 145.

D

Death, 80, 128.

dhawq, 75, 83, 100, 147.

dhikr, 88, 119.

adh-dhikr al jámi‘, 103.

E

Ecstasy, 57, 64, 70, 75-7, 81, 91, 99, 118.

Essence, the Divine, 52, 54, 58, 64, 80, 90, 101.

F

Faith, 54.

faná, 51, 59, 61, 74, 80, 81, 99.

fardániyyat, 144.

Fasting, 54.

Form, the Universal, 137.

Four, the most perfect number, 124.

H

ḥál, 48, 50. See aḥwál.

ḥayá, 97.

ḥayrat, 83, 95.

Heart, the perfect Muḥammadan, 48.

Hill, the red, 144.

Hill, the white, 105, 114, 135.

himmat, 53.

Host, the Heavenly, 94, 122, 126.

ḥulúl, 53.

I

Ideas, the Divine, 48, 60, 109, 120, 132, 133, 137.

Immanence, 58, 60, 79.

Intoxication, mystical, 75.

ishtiyáq, 89.

istiwá, 144.

ittiḥád, 53, 90.

J

jam‘, 52, 54, 72.

Jealousy, 67, 79, 96.

Jinn, the, 50.

K

Knowledge of God, 52, 68, 69, 81-3, 86, 88, 91, 95, 105, 108, 109, 114, 115, 122, 131, 135, 141.

L

Light, the inward, 58, 65, 88, 104.

Lightning, figurative term for a, manifestation of the Divine Essence, 58, 64, 72, 75, 80, 92, 97, 109, 113, 117, 147.

Love, Divine, 48, 58, 68-70, 74, 93, 113, 137-40, 142.

M

malámat, 74.

Man, the most perfect organism, 83.

al-manáẓir al-‘ulá, 48. See Ideas, the Divine.

maqám, 48.

maqám al-basṭ, 56.

maqám al jam‘, 72.

al-maqám al jámi‘, 65.

al-muqarrabún, 53, 113.

N

an-nafs al-lawwáma, 59.

Names, the Divine, 51-4, 59, 63, 71, 74, 86, 92, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 120, 122, 130, 133, 141, 149. See Attributes, the Divine.

Names, the most beautiful, 89.

Names of God, the three cardinal, 71.

námús, 49.

náṭiq, 66.

Night-journey of the Prophet, 50.

P

Pilgrimage, the, 54.

Prophets, the, 51, 57, 84, 115.

Proverbs, Arabic, 112, 146.

Q

qaṭá, proverb concerning the, 112.

al-qayyúmiyyat. See Self-subsistence, the Divine.

qurbat, 146.

R

Rapture, 75.

Realities, the Divine, 56, 57, 69, 86, 115.

Reason, the Universal, 66, 101, 108.

Reason and Faith, 54, 109, 112, 122.

Red, the most beautiful of colours, 55, 144.

Religion, 74.

riḍá, 139.

riyy, 75.

Roundness, the first and best of shapes, 56.

S

Sacrifice, spiritual, 55.

Saints, the, 51, 57, 113, 115.

Self-subsistence, the Divine, 97, 99, 100, 133, 135, 137, 143, 149.

shawq, 89.

shurb, 75, 83.

ṣiddíq, 113.

Soul, the partial, 64; the perfect, 124; the Universal, 64.

Spirit, the Divine, 81, 106; the Highest, 77; the partial, 73; the Universal, 73.

Spirit of the intermediate world, the, 88, 95, 116.

Spirits of Light, the, 94.

sukr, 75.

T

tafriqat, 52, 100.

tajallí, 83.

tajríd, 83, 105, 139.

takhalluq, 55, 97, 100, 147.

talwín, 133.

tashbíh, 124.

tasríf, 115.

tawḥíd, 68.

Tents, red, 55, 65.

ath-thaná al jamíl, 72.

Time, 137.

Transformation, mystical, 69, 71, 100.

Trinity, the Christian, 71.

U

Union, 59, 63, 67, 73, 76, 109, 144.

Unveiling, of a woman, regarded as unlucky, 128.

V

Veils, spiritual, 61, 114, 115, 132, 137.

Vision, of God in created things, 66, 75, 79; of created things in God, 66.

W

waḥdániyyat, 73.

wárid, 50.

Way to God, the, 55.

Wine, mystical signification of, 103, 118, 136.

Wisdom, the Divine, 50, 57, 58, 88, 134.

World, the intermediate, 62, 81, 88, 95, 126.