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Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari

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Alexandria, Egypt

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Philosophy, Spirituality

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Tāj al-Dīn Abū'l-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Karīm ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Isa ibn Hussein ibn ʿAṭā Allāh al-Judhami al-Iskandarī al-Shādhilī (1260-1309) was an Egyptian Malikite jurist, muhaddith and the third murshid (spiritual "guide" or "master") of the Shadhili Sufi order.

Born in Alexandria, he lived and died in Cairo. He was responsible for systematizing the order's doctrines and recording the biographies of its founder, Sidi Abu-l-Hassan ash-Shadhili, and his successor, Sidi Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. Ibn 'Ata Allah was the author of the first systematic treatise on dhikr, titled The Key to Salvation: A Sufi Manual of Invocation (Miftah al-Falah) and his compilation of aphorisms (hikam) helped to make the gr ...more

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	الحِكم العطائية by أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.33 avg rating — 3,246 ratings — published 1305 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	التنوير في إسقاط التدبير by أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.39 avg rating — 687 ratings — published 1305 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	تاج العروس الحاوي لتهذيب النفوس by أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.25 avg rating — 484 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	لطائف المنن في مناقب الشيخ أبي العباس المرسي وشيخه الشاذلي أبي الحسن by أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.39 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الله: القصد المجرد في معرفة الاسم المفرد by أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 3.93 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مفتاح الفلاح ومصباح الأرواح في ذكر الله الكريم الفتاح by أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.20 avg rating — 75 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ibn ‘Ata’ Illah/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari: The Book of Wisdom and Kwaja Abdullah Ansari, Intimate Conversations (Classics of Western Spirituality by Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari (Editor), Abdullah Ansari of Herat, Victor Danner (Translator) 4.66 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1978 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عنوان التوفيق في آداب الطريق - ويليه - أنس الوحيد ونزهة المريد by أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري, أبو مدين شعيب الغوث, Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Key to Salvation: A Sufi Manual of Invocation by Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari (Editor), Mary Ann Koury-Danner (Translation), أحمد بن عطاء الله السكندري 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1995 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pure Intention: On Knowledge of the Unique Name by Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari, Khalid Williams (Translation) 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What has he found who has lost God?
And what has he lost who has found God?”
― Ibn 'Ata' Allah Al-Iskandari

tags: islam, religion, spirituality, sufism

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“When He gives, He makes you witness His benevolence, and when He denies you (something), He makes you witness His supremacy. And in both situations, He is making Himself discernible to you and approaching you with His gentleness.”
― Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari, The Book of Aphorisms: Being a translation of Kitab al-Hikam

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“Sometimes darkness may envelop you in order that He make you aware of the importance of His graces He conferred on you.”
― Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari, The Book of Aphorisms: Being a translation of Kitab al-Hikam

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