The Book of Wisdoms: Kitab Al-Hikam, a Collection of Sufi Aphorisms
By Unknown Author.
Description
Muslim religious life not only consists of belief in orthodox tenets of faith and a determined effort to follow the Sacred Law, it also requires one to scale the heights of the spiritual path. The Kitab al-Hikam of Shaykh Ibn Ata illah al-Iskandari is the inspiring explanation of the soul s journey through this life, as determined through the Qur an and Sunna. Along with his treatises and intimate discourses (munajat), the substantive feature of the work is the author s 264 spiritual aphorisms (hikam) concise, comprehensive and sublime sayings on self purification (tazkiya), and guidel...
ISBN(s)
1933764058, 9781933764054
