The Refinement of Souls back in print

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  1. Waqar786

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    We used the 'The Essential Creed' text for our short Aqeeda course in my local Masjid and found the text easy to go through and very informative. It is very similar to Sanussi Creed but the English is more accessible. Anyone who is looking to run short Aqeeda courses, should consider this book as the base text or look to include it on the reading list. Also the Shaykh's other translations of works by Imam Zayni Dahlan related to Fasting, Zakat and Hajj also lend themselves to one day intensives or short courses on the aforementioned pillars of the Deen.

    http://www.heritagepress.co.uk/

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  2. Waqar786

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    The Refinement of Souls.
     

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  3. Waqar786

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    This concise Sufi Manual was translated by our teacher Shaykh Amjad Mahmood a couple of years ago and has been out of print. Alhamdulillah, new copies are now available from the Heritage Press. Shaykh Amjad is one our less known gem and is highly respected by Sunni Scholars in the UK and in the Arab World, in particular in the field of Islamic Jurisprudence.

    The Shaykh has translated numerous short manuals and treatises, which are available to peruse and buy from the following websites:

    http://www.heritagepress.co.uk/

    https://en-gb.facebook.com/HeritagePress/


    Below is a description of the aforementioned manual taken from the Heritage Press website




    'The Refinement of Souls
    is a translation of Ibn ʿAtā’ Allāh al-Sakandarī’s Tāj al-‘arūs al-ḥāwī li-tahdhīb al-nufūs. It is a concise manual consisting of spiritual instructions, aphorisms and private discourses with the Divine from a Sufi master of the Shādhilī Order. The author has included numerous references to the Qur ’an and Sunnah, as well as illuminating stories and similitudes, in the course of explaining religious themes such as repentance, the effects of sins, the nature of the struggle against the lower self, envy, reliance on divine planning, and many others. The work concentrates on the practical steps and the essential states of being for a novice to realise , and as such, serves as a beneficial guide for both Sufis and non-Sufis, both beginners and more advanced students.

    Ibn ʿAtā’ Allāh al-Sakandarī (d. 709 AH) is one of the greatest Sufi masters of the Shādhilī Order. In addition to being a spiritual guide, he was also an accomplished scholar of Islamic law, which he taught in the al-Azhar mosque and other places. His greatest fame is due to his composition of illumined spiritual treatises, in particular his al-Ḥikam al-ʿAṭā’iyyah [ʿAtā’s aphorisms].'

    May Allah give our Shaykh the Taufiq to translate many other beneficial works and may we continue to benefit from him and other Sunni Ulema. Ameen
     

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