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ISLAMIC STUDIES, 2021
The Secret of Secrets is an interpretative translation of a renowned Muslim Sufi ‘Abd alQādir al-... more The Secret of Secrets is an interpretative translation of a renowned Muslim Sufi ‘Abd alQādir al-Jīlānī’s (1077–1166 CE) original, Sirr alAsrār. The Secret of Secrets was published in 1992 and is the first English translation of one of the remarkable Sufi contributions of ‘Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī. ‘Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, the founder of the Qādiriyyah Sufi order, was an expert in Islamic law of Shāfi‘ī and Ḥanbalī schools. He was deeply grounded in Islamic religious tradition merging both law and Sufism. Tosun Bayrak (1926–2018), the translator, belongs to what is called a modern-day Turkey and is famous for his translations of works of Sufis such as Yaḥyā b. Ḥabash al-Suhrawardī (d. 1191 CE), Ibn al-‘Arabī (d. 1240 CE), and Muḥammad Birgivī (d. 1573). The author gives us a glimpse of Sufi works of the eleventh/twelfth century, having an esoteric (bāṭinī) approach towards the Qur’ānic interpretation during the Golden Age of Islam and emphasizes the inner meanings of the Qur’ān and ri...
ISLAMIC STUDIES, 2021
The Secret of Secrets is an interpretative translation of a renowned Muslim Sufi ‘Abd alQādir al-... more The Secret of Secrets is an interpretative translation of a renowned Muslim Sufi ‘Abd alQādir al-Jīlānī’s (1077–1166 CE) original, Sirr alAsrār. The Secret of Secrets was published in 1992 and is the first English translation of one of the remarkable Sufi contributions of ‘Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī. ‘Abd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī, the founder of the Qādiriyyah Sufi order, was an expert in Islamic law of Shāfi‘ī and Ḥanbalī schools. He was deeply grounded in Islamic religious tradition merging both law and Sufism. Tosun Bayrak (1926–2018), the translator, belongs to what is called a modern-day Turkey and is famous for his translations of works of Sufis such as Yaḥyā b. Ḥabash al-Suhrawardī (d. 1191 CE), Ibn al-‘Arabī (d. 1240 CE), and Muḥammad Birgivī (d. 1573). The author gives us a glimpse of Sufi works of the eleventh/twelfth century, having an esoteric (bāṭinī) approach towards the Qur’ānic interpretation during the Golden Age of Islam and emphasizes the inner meanings of the Qur’ān and ri...