Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
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. It became the most widely disseminated handbook of Sufism in the Islamic world.
Al-Qusharyri's Epistle on Sufism | |
| Editors | Dr. Muhammad Eissa, Laleh Bakhtiar, 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud |
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| Author | Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri |
| Original title | الرسالة القشيرية في علم التصوف |
| Translator | Professor Alexander D. Knysh |
| Country | Persia (present-day Iran) |
| 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 |
| Pages | 480 pages |
| ISBN | 978-9695191828 |
| Followed by | Lata'if al-Isharat (Subtleties of the Allusions) |
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