List of ‘Quadraginta’ [Collection of Forty] I will list the Quadragintae I have at hand, and thereafter, I will add some more from the bibliographic reference, Kashf az-Žunūn, inshāAllāh. I wish to make it atleast forty, wa billahi't tawfiq; if i do, then I shall name the list: Al-Arbaúūn al-Arbaýīn [A list of forty books titled Quadraginta] ---- 1. Al-Arbaýīn fī Ūsūli’d Dīn Name of the book: Al-Arbaýīn fī Ūsūli’d Dīn Name (English): The Quadraginta of Al-Ghazali, Forty Religious Principles Author: Imām Abū Ĥāmid Muĥammad al-Ghazālī [450-505 AH] Pages: 360 Subject: Taşawwuf Brief Description: A summary of Iĥyā’a, where the book is divided into four parts and each part further divided into 10 sections; four major domains and ten topics in each domain adding up to make forty principles. See a detailed review here [link shortly]. 2. Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Irshādi’s Sāyirīn Ilā Manāzil’l Muttaqīn Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Irshādi’s Sāyirīn Ilā Manāzil’l Muttaqīn Name (English): The Forty: The Guidance for the Pilgrims towards the High Ranks of the Righteous and Pious Author: Imām Abu'l Futūĥ Majduddīn Muĥammad ibn Muĥammad ibn Álī at-Ţāyī al-Hamdānī [475-555 AH] Pages: 254 Subject: Taşawwuf 3. Al-Arbaúūn fi’l Ĥath’th ála’l Jihād Name of the book: Al-Arbaúūn fi’l Ĥath’th ála’l Jihād Name (English): The Forty: Exhortation of Jihad Author: Imām Hafiž Abu’l Qāsim Álī ibn al-Ĥasan ibn Hibatullah ibn Ásākir [499-571 AH] Subject: Ĥadīth, Targhīb wa’t Tarhīb 4. Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Manāqib Ummahāti’l Mu’minīn Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Manāqib Ummahāti’l Mu’minīn Name (English): The Forty: In Praise of Mothers of Believers. Author: Abū Manşūr Ábdu’r Raĥmān ibn Muĥammad ibn Al-Ĥasan ibn Hibatullāh ibn Ásākir [d.620 AH] Subject: Biography 5. Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Taş’ĥīĥ al-Muáāmalah Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Arbaýīn fī Taş’ĥīĥ al-Muáāmalah Name (English): The Forty: Mending One’s Affairs [Purification of Actions] Author: Imām Abu’l Qasim Ábd al-Karīm al-Qushayrī [376-465 AH] Subject: Taşawwuf, Ĥadīth, Explanation of Hadith 6. Al-Arbaúūna Ĥadīthan Name of the book: Al-Arbaúūna Ĥadīthan min Riwāyati Mālik án Nāfiý án Ibn Úmar Name (English): The Forty: Narrations of Imām Mālik through Nāfiý reporting from Ibn Úmar Author: Imām Jalāluddīn Ábd ar-Raĥmān as-Suyūţī [d.911 AH] Subject: Ĥadīth 7. Al-Arbaýīna Ĥadīthan Name of the book: Al-Arbaýīna Ĥadīthan Name (English): The Forty Ĥadīth Author: Imām Abū Bakr Muĥammad ibn al-Ĥusayn al-Ājurriy [d.360 AH] Subject: Ĥadīth 8. Kitāb Al-Aĥādīth Al-Qudsiyyah Al-Arbaýīniyyah Name of the book: Kitāb Al-Aĥādīth Al-Qudsiyyah Al-Arbaýīniyyah Name (English): The Forty Ĥadīth Qudsi [reports that contain ‘Allāh táālā says:’] Author: Imām Mullā Álī ibn Şulţān al-Qārī [d.1016 AH] Subject: Ĥadīth 9. Al-Arbaúūn Al-Kīlāniyyah Name of the book: Al-Arbaýúūn Al-Kīlāniyyah Name (English): The Forty Ĥadīth of Kilani (Jilāni, Gilānī) Author: Imām Ábd ar-Razzāq ibn Shaykh Ábd al-Qādir al-Jīlāni Subject: Ĥadīth 10. Al-Arbaúūn as-Şughrā Name of the book: Al-Arbaúūn as-Şughrā al-Mukharrajah fī Aĥwāli Íbādillāh táālā wa Akhlāqihim Name (English): The Forty: A Smaller Collection on the Morals of Pious Slaves of Allāh táālā. Author: Imām Abū Bakr Aĥmed ibn al-Ĥusayn al-Bayhaqī [384-458 AH] Subject: Taşawwuf, Ĥadīth