Sufism Essentials

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1	The Universal Tree and the Four Birds by Ibn ʿArabi 4.46 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	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
2	Journey to the Lord of Power: A Sufi Manual on Retreat by Ibn ʿArabi 4.40 avg rating — 196 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	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
3	Mystical Dimensions of Islam by Annemarie Schimmel 4.25 avg rating — 710 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	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
4	The Masnavi: Book One by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi 4.42 avg rating — 1,355 ratings score: 154, and 2 people voted	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
5	Fundamentals of Rumi's Thought by Şefik Can 4.24 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	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
5	The Tablet of the Holy Mariner: An Illustrated Guide to Baha'U'Llah's Mystical Work in the Sufi Tradition by Bahá'u'lláh 4.81 avg rating — 16 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	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
7	The Messenger of God: Muhammad by M. Fethullah Gülen 4.59 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	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
8	Insights from the Risale-i Nur: Said Nursi's Advice for Modern Believers by Thomas Michel it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	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
9	Letters On the Spiritual Path by Al-'Arabi ad-Darqawi 4.49 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	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
10	Letters of a Sufi Master (1) (The Fons Vitae Titus Burckhardt series) by Al-'Arabi ad-Darqawi 4.49 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	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
11	The Book of Certainty: The Sufi Doctrine of Faith, Vision and Gnosis by Martin Lings 4.21 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	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
12	A Prayer for Spiritual Elevation and Protection by Ibn ʿArabi 4.63 avg rating — 41 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	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
13	The Four Pillars of Spiritual Transformation: The Adornment of the Spiritually Transformed (Hilyat al-abdal) by Ibn ʿArabi 4.35 avg rating — 89 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	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
14	Know Yourself: An Explanation of the Oneness of Being by Ibn ʿArabi 4.38 avg rating — 147 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	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
15	Divine Sayings: 101 Hadith Qudsi: The Mishkat al-Anwar of Ibn 'Arabi by Ibn ʿArabi 4.41 avg rating — 125 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	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
16	The Tree of Being: An Ode to the Perfect Man by Ibn ʿArabi 3.88 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	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
17	Three Treatises: Mutual Reminders, Good Manners & The Aphorisms by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlawī al-Ḥaddād it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	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
18	Gifts for the Seeker by الحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي 4.66 avg rating — 85 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	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
19	The Prophetic Invocations by الحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي (Compiler) 4.84 avg rating — 149 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	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
20	The Book of Assistance by الحبيب عبد الله بن علوي الحداد الحضرمي الشافعي 4.60 avg rating — 804 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	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
21	The Lives of Man: A Guide to the Human States: Before Life, In the World, and After Death by ʻAbd Allāh ibn ʻAlawī al-Ḥaddād 4.61 avg rating — 453 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	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
22	Unveiling Sufism: From Manhattan to Mecca by William Rory Dickson 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	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
23	The Messenger: Prophet Muhammad and His Life of Compassion by Reşit Haylamaz 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	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
24	Pearls of the Heart (Works of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Book 8) by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	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
25	Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth - Volume One: Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq (Works of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Book 9) by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	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
26	Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth - Volume Three: Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq (Works of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Book 11) by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 78, and 1 person voted	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
27	Utterances of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani: Malfuzat (Works of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Book 3) by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 77, and 1 person voted	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
28	Concerning the Affirmation of Divine Oneness: Risala fi't-Tawhid (Works of Shaikh Wali Raslan ad-Dimashqi Book 1) by Shaikh Wali Raslan AD-Dimashqi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	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
29	Necklaces of Gems - a Biography of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani: Qala'id al-Jawahir (Works of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Book 6) by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tadifi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	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
30	Sublime Gems: Selected Teachings of Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	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
31	Men Around the Messenger: The Companions of the Prophet by Muhammad Khalid Khalid 4.45 avg rating — 137 ratings score: 73, and 1 person voted	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
32	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) 4.66 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	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
33	The Book of Wisdoms: A Collection of Sufi Aphorisms with a Commentary by Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.33 avg rating — 3,248 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	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
34	The Key to Salvation: A Sufi Manual of Invocation by Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 24 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	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
35	The Pure Intention: On Knowledge of the Unique Name by Ibn ʻAta' Allah al-Iskandari 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	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
36	And Muhammad Is His Messenger: The Veneration of the Prophet in Islamic Piety by Annemarie Schimmel 4.10 avg rating — 192 ratings score: 67, and 1 person voted	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
37	The Sublime Revelation: Al-Fath ar-Rabbani (Works of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Book 1) by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 66, and 1 person voted	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
38	Revelations of the Unseen (Futuh al-Ghaib): 78 Discourses by Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani (Works of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani Book 1) by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 65, and 1 person voted	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
39	Necklaces of Gems [Qala'id al-Jawahir] by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tadifi 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 64, and 1 person voted	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
40	The Secret of Secrets (Golden Palm Series) by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 4.36 avg rating — 665 ratings score: 63, and 1 person voted	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
41	Futuh Al-Ghaib: Revelation of the Unseen by Abdulkadir Geylani 4.42 avg rating — 258 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	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
42	Malfuzat by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	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
43	Futuh al-Ghaib by Abdul Qadir Gilani 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	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
44	Purification of the Mind; Discourses by Abdul Qadir Gilani by Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani 4.51 avg rating — 105 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	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
45	Chinese Gleams of Sufi Light: Wang Tai-yu's Great Learning of the Pure and Real and Liu Chih's Displaying the Concealment of the Real Realm by Sachiko Murata 4.05 avg rating — 44 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	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
46	The Ringstones Of Wisdom by Caner K. Dagli it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	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
47	The Study Quran: A New Translation and Commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr (Editor-in-Chief) 4.46 avg rating — 764 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	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
48	Badiuzzaman Said Nursi: Tokoh Pembaharu Islam by Abdul Latip Talib 4.48 avg rating — 127 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	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
49	Spiritual Dimensions of Bediuzzaman Said Nursi's Risale-I Nur by Ibrahim M. Abu-Rabi (Introduction) 4.62 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	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
50	Said Nursi: Makers of Islamic Civilization by Colin Turner 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 52, and 1 person voted	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
51	Bediuzzaman Said Nursi: Wonder of the Age by Ramazan Balci 4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 51, and 1 person voted	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
52	The Words by Bediüzzaman Said Nursî 4.69 avg rating — 234 ratings score: 50, and 1 person voted	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
53	The Gleams by Bediüzzaman Said Nursî 4.74 avg rating — 117 ratings score: 49, and 1 person voted	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
54	The Rays Collection by Bediüzzaman Said Nursî 4.76 avg rating — 94 ratings score: 48, and 1 person voted	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