 Al-Qusharyri's Epistle on Sufism | |
| Editors | Dr. Muhammad Eissa, Laleh Bakhtiar, 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud |
|---|---|
| Author | Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri |
| Original title | الرسالة القشيرية في علم التصوف |
| Translator | Professor Alexander D. Knysh |
| Language | Arabic, English, French, German, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu |
| Subject | Sufism, Tabaqat, Kalam (Islamic theology) |
| Publisher | Suhail Academy Lahore, Mizan Press, Kazi Publications |
Publication date | 2011 |
| Publication place | Persia (present-day Iran) |
| Pages | 480 pages |
| ISBN | 978-9695191828 |
| Followed by | Lata'if al-Isharat (Subtleties of the Allusions) |
Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya fi 'Ilm al-Tasawwuf (Arabic: الرسالة القشيرية في علم التصوف, lit. 'The Qushayriyyan Epistle on the Science of Sufism'), mostly known as al-Risala al-Qushayriyya (The Treatise of al-Qushayri), is one of the early complete manuals of the science of Sufism (tasawwuf in Arabic), written by the Shafi'i-Ash'ari scholar Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 465/1074). It was written in 438/1045–6 and has been published in several editions and translated in various languages, including English, French, German, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu.[1][2] It became the most widely disseminated handbook of Sufism in the Islamic world.[3]
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