The Book of Wisdoms: Kitab Al-Hikam, a Collection of Sufi Aphorisms

Muslim religious life not only consists of belief in orthodox tenets of faith and a determined effort to follow the Sacred Law, it also requires one to scale the heights of the spiritual path. The Kitab al-Hikam of Shaykh Ibn Ata illah al-Iskandari is the inspiring explanation of the soul s journey through this life, as determined through the Qur an and Sunna. Along with his treatises and intimate discourses (munajat), the substantive feature of the work is the author s 264 spiritual aphorisms (hikam)­ concise, comprehensive and sublime sayings on self purification (tazkiya), and guidelines to help strengthen the relationship between humans and their Lord. These aphorisms, which have never failed to inspire, are presented in this edition according to the systematic arrangement of the great Indian scholar Shaykh Ali Muttaqi (d. 975/1567), together with the indispensable commentary of the twentieth-century sage Shaykh Abdullah Gangohi.

• Ibn 'Abbad's Sharh al-Hikam al-Ata'iyyah
• The Beginning of Guidance: The Imam and proof of Islam
• The Marvels of the Heart: Science of the Spirit (Ihya Ulum Al-Din/ The Revival of the Religious Sciences)
• Sea Without Shore: A Manual of the Sufi Path
• Al-Ghazali on the Ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God (Ghazali Series)
• Purification of the Heart: Signs, Symptoms and Cures of the Spiritual Diseases of the Heart
• The Book of Illumination Including The Sign of Success on the Spiritual Path: Kitab al-Tanwir fi Isqat al-Tadbir
• Ibn Juzay's Sufic Exegesis: Selections from Kitab al-Tashil li-Ulum al-Tanzil
• The Lives of Man: A Guide to the Human States: Before Life, In the World, and After Death
• Ibn Rajab's Refutation of Those Who Do Not Follow The Four Schools