Divine Governance of the Human Kingdom Including What the Seeker Needs and The One Alone

by Arabi, Ibn; al-Halveti, al-Jerrahi

• ISBN13: 9781887752053
• ISBN10: 1887752056
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Fons Vitae

Summary

A powerful but little known work, this volume contains three mystical texts. 'Al-tadbirat,' the largest, is a fascinating treatise on the divine design and management of the world, and the central role the human model plays in the creative and governing process. The other two are 'kitab kunh ma la budda minhu lil-murid' (or, "What the Seeker Needs"), a brief guide for those want to follow the Sufi path, and 'kitab al-ahadiyyah' (or, "The One Alone"), an esoteric essay on transcendental unity.

Author Biography

Ibn 'Arabi, a 12th-century Spanish mystic, was considered by many to be the greatest master of Sufism.

Table of Contents

An Address to the Reader	9	(4)
Hadrat `Abdul-Qadir al-Jilani
Interpreter's Introduction	13	(14)
On Suhrawardi	27	(12)
The Shape of Light
Introduction	39	(6)
The First Form of Light (Enlightened Matter)	45	(6)
The Second Form of Light (Which Has Three Parts)	51	(10)
The Third Form of Light (Some Questions for Consideration)	61	(4)
The Fourth Form of Light (In Five Sections)	65	(14)
The Fifth Form of Light	79	(10)
The Sixth Form of Light	89	(6)
The Seventh Form of Light: (On Propethood)	95	(8)
In the Name of Allah	103	(4)
Epilogue: Sufi Fable on the Cities of the Soul	107
Shaykh Muhammad Sadiq
Naqshbandi Erzinjani