The Wonders of the Heart
عجائب القلب (إحياء علوم الدين، الكتاب 21)
ʿAjāʾib al-qalb (Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn, book 21)
al-Ghazālī (450–505/1058–1111)
Sufism · The path · Arabic · 5th century AH · Listed only
The body is a city, the heart is king, faculties are his army (anger), spies (senses) and treasurer;
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- authentic not yet checked
- Date
- c. 1095-1105, Baghdad/Damascus/Tus (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
- Editions
- Cairo/Beirut eds.; Būlāq · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
- Translations
- Walter James Skellie, The Marvels of the Heart (Fons Vitae 2010); Timothy Winter, On Disciplining the Soul and On Breaking the Two Desires (ITS 1995, books 22-23) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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- Resonance, not influence: The refinement of character The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
- Resonance, not influence: Republic The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
The Path of God's Bondsmen from Origin to Return
مرصاد العباد من المبدأ إلى المعاد
Mirṣād al-ʿibād min al-mabdaʾ ilā l-maʿād
Najm al-Dīn Rāzī Dāya (d. 654/1256)
Sufism · The path · Persian · 7th century AH · Listed only
A Sufi path with a long chapter addressed to kings and rulers;
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- authentic not yet checked
- Date
- 620/1223, Sivas (dedicated to Kayqubād I of Rum) (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
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- M. A. Riyāḥī (Tehran 1352 sh/1973) · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
- Translations
- Hamid Algar (Caravan 1982) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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- Resonance, not influence: The Wonders of the Heart The first draft claims influence; not yet checked. not yet checked
The Stations; Reminder to the Intelligent and Admonition to the Heedless
كتاب المواقف؛ ذكرى العاقل وتنبيه الغافل
Kitāb al-Mawāqif; Dhikrā l-ʿāqil wa-tanbīh al-ghāfil
Emir ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jazāʾirī (d. 1300/1883)
Sufism · The path · Arabic · 13th century AH · Listed only
A statesman-Sufi's meditations on the heart, reason and love;
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- authentic not yet checked
- Date
- 1850s-1860s; Dhikrā 1855, Bursa, Damascus (after exile) (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
- Editions
- Damascus ed. · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
- Translations
- Michel Chodkiewicz (ed.), The Spiritual Writings of Amir ʿAbd al-Kader (SUNY 1995) · en · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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Treatise on the Differences between Breast, Heart, Inner Heart and Core
بيان الفرق بين الصدر والقلب والفؤاد واللب
Bayān al-farq bayn al-ṣadr wa-l-qalb wa-l-fuʾād wa-l-lubb
al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī (d. c. 295–320/910–930)
Sufism · The path · Arabic · 3rd century AH · Listed only
The soul as an inner city;
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- authentic not yet checked
- Date
- late 9th-early 10th c., Tirmidh (Transoxiana) (basis: date of composition) not yet checked
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- Bernd Radtke · cite only (unchecked) not yet checked
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