{"product_id":"spiritual-path-spiritual-reality-selected-writings-of-shaykh-yusuf-of-macassar","title":"Spiritual Path, Spiritual Reality: Selected Writings of Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYousuf Dadoo, Auwais Rafudeen (editors)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback, 260 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781032433929\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA prominent mystic and renowned anti-colonial warrior from Indonesia, Shaykh Yusuf of Macassar (1626–1699), was exiled to South Africa where he played a pioneering role in laying the foundations of Islam. Offering a rich translation of Shaykh Yusuf’s Arabic writings, \u003cem\u003eSpiritual Path, Spiritual Reality\u003c\/em\u003e fills an important gap on the works devoted to the spiritual dimension in the Muslim intellectual archive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe introduction gives insight into his life and an understanding of how his mysticism was connected to his political engagement. Focusing on Islamic mysticism – known as Sufism – the volume covers areas of spiritual discipline of the self, metaphysics and gnostic knowledge. The style is pedagogical with an instructive tone in keeping with the Sufi path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e1. Introduction: The worldview of Shaykh Yusuf\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. Providential gift: A breeze from Ceylon (Al Nafh̟at al-Ṣaylānīyyah fi l-Minḥat al- Rah̟mānīyyah)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. The essence of secrets (Zubdat al-Asrār)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Consolation for the eyes (Qurrat al-‘Ayn)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. Conditions of the verified gnostic (Shurūṭ al-‘Ārif al-Muḥaqqiq)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The crown of secrets regarding gnostic realisation (Tāj al-Asrār fī taḥqīq Mashārib al-‘Ārifīn)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7. A gift regarding the virtues of remembrance (Tuḥfat al-Amr fī Faḍīlat al- Dhikr)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8. The goals of the spiritual wayfarers (Maṭālib al-Sālikīn)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9. The secret of secrets (Sirr al-Asrār)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10. The gift of goodness to the people of innermost secrets (Tuḥfat al-Abrār li Ahl al-Asrār)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11. The method of remembering God (Kayfīyyat al-Dhikr)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12. A saving bequest (Waṣīyyah Munjīyyah)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13. The sequence of remembering God (Tartīb al-Dhikr)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14. The essential, indispensable existence (Wājib al-Wujūd)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15. The specification of remembering God (Ikhtiṣāṣ al-Dhikr)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16. The meaning of existence (Ma‘nā al-Wujūd)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17. The meaning of the phrase \"There is no god but God\" (Ma‘nā Qaul Lā ilāha illa llāh)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18. Twenty attributes (Ishrīn S̟ifah)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19. The reality of the soul (H̟aqīqat al-Rūh̟)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20. The permanent archetypes (Al ‘Ayān al-Thābitah)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranscription of the Arabic originals\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40194771517475,"sku":"9781032433929","price":260.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/DSC_5685.jpg?v=1702537671","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/spiritual-path-spiritual-reality-selected-writings-of-shaykh-yusuf-of-macassar","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}