The Repose of the Spirits is a translation of one of the earliest and most comprehensive treatises on Sufism in the Persian language. Written by Aḥmad Sam’ānī, an expert in Islamic law from a famous Central Asian scholarly family in about the year 1135, it is one of the handful of early Sufi texts available in English and is by far the most accessible. It also may well be the longest and the most accurately translated. Ostensibly a commentary on the divine names, it avoids the abstract discourse of theological nitpicking and explains the human significance of the names with a delightful mix of Quranic verses and sayings of the Prophet and various past teachers, interspersed with original interpretations of the received wisdom. Unlike the usual books on the divine names (such as that of al-Ghazali),
The Repose of the Spirits reminds the reader of the later poetical tradition, especially the work of Rumi. The prose is richly embroidered with imagery and interspersed with a great variety of Arabic and Persian poetry. What is especially remarkable is the manner in which the author speaks to his readers about their own personal situations, explaining why they are driven by a love affair with God, a God who is full of compassion and good humor, whether they know it or not. William C. Chittick’s masterful new translation brings this work to an English-language audience for the first time.
قائمة المحتويات
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Sam‛ānīs
Sufism in Aḥmad’s Khorasan
The Keys to the Unseen
The Text and Translation
Notes
The Repose of the Spirits: Explaining the Names of the All- Opening King
1.
H
ū
: He
2.
All
ā
h: God
3.
Alladh
ī
L
ā
Il
ā
ha Ill
ā
H
ū
: There is no god but He
4–5.
al-Raḥmān,
al-Raḥīm:the All-Merciful, the Ever-Merciful
6.
al-Malik: the King
7.
al-Qudd
ū
s: the Holy
8.
al-Sal
ā
m: the Peace
9.
al-Mu’min
: the Faithful
10.
al-Muhaymin: the Overseer
11.
al-‛Azīz
: the Exalted
12.
al-Jabb
ā
r: the All- Compelling
13.
al-Mutakabbir: the Proud
14.
al-Kh
ā
liq: the Creator
15.
al-Bāri’: the Maker
16.
al-Mu
ṣ
awwir: the Form-Giver
17.
al-Ghaff
ā
r: the All- Forgiving
18.
al-Qahh
ā
r: the Severe
19.
al-Wahh
ā
b: the Bestower
20.
al-Razz
ā
q: the Provider
21.
al-Fatt
āḥ
: the All-Opening
22.
al-‛Alīm: the Knowing
23-24.
al-Q
ā
bi
ḍ
al-B
ā
si
ṭ
: the Contractor, the Expander
25-26.
al-Kh
ā
fi
ḍ
al-R
ā
fi
‛
: the Downletter, the Uplifter
27-28.
al-Mu
‛
izz al-Mudhill: the Exalter, the Abaser
29-30.
al-Sam
ī‛
al-Ba
ṣī
r: the Hearing, the Seeing
31-32:
al-
Ḥ
akam al-
‛
Adl: the Ruler, the Just
33.
al-La
ṭī
f: the Gentle
34.
al-Khab
ī
r: the Aware
35.
al-
Ḥ
al
ī
m: the Forbearing
36.
al-
‛
A
ẓī
m: the Tremendous
37-38.
al-Ghaf
ū
r al-Shak
ū
r: the Forgiving, the Grateful
39-40.
al-
‛
Al
ī
al-Kab
ī
r: the High, the Great
41.
al-
Ḥ
af
īẓ
: the Guardian
42.
al-Muq
ī
t: the Nourisher
43.
al-
Ḥ
as
ī
b: the Reckoner/the Sufficer
44-45.
al-Jal
ī
l al-Jam
ī
l: the Majestic, the Beautiful
46.
al-Kar
ī
m: the Generous
47.
al-Raq
ī
b: the Watcher
48.
al-Muj
ī
b: the Responder
49.
al-W
ā
si
‛
: the Embracing
50.
al-
Ḥ
ak
ī
m: the Wise
51.
al-Wad
ū
d: the Loving/the Beloved
52.
al-Maj
ī
d: the Splendorous
53.
al-B
ā‛
ith: the Upraiser
54.
al-Shah
ī
d: the Witness
55-56.
al-
Ḥ
aqq al-Mub
ī
n: the Real, the Clarifier
57.
al-Wak
ī
l: the Trustee
58-59.
al-Qaw
ī
al-Mat
ī
n: the Strong, the Firm
60.
al-Wal
ī
: the Friend
61.
al-
Ḥ
am
ī
d: the Praiser/the Praised
62.
al-Mu
ḥṣī
: the Enumerator
63-64.
al-Mubdi
‘
al-Mu
‛ī
d: the Originator, the Returner
65-66.
al-Mu
ḥ
y
ī
al-Mum
ī
t: the Life-Giver, the Death-Giver
67-68.
al-
Ḥ
ayy al-Qayy
ū
m: the Living, the Self-Standing
69.
al-W
ā
jid: the Finder
70-71.
al-W
āḥ
id al-A
ḥ
ad: the One, the Unique
72.
al-
Ṣ
amad: the Self-Sufficient
73-74.
al-Q
ā
dir al-Muqtadir: the Powerful, the Potent
75-76.
al-Muqaddim al-Mu
‘
akhkhir: the Forward-setter, the Behind-keeper
77-80.
al-Awwal al-
Ā
khir al
–Ẓā
hir al-B
āṭ
in: the First, the Last, the Outward, the Inward
81.
al-Barr: the Kind
82.
al-Taww
ā
b: the Ever- Turning
83.
al-Muntaqim: the Avenger
84.
al-
‛
Af
ū
: the Pardoner
85-89.
al-Ra
‘ū
f, M
ā
lik al-Mulk, Dhu
‘
l-Jal
ā
l wa
‘
l-Ikr
ā
m, al-W
ā
l
ī
, al-Muta
‛ā
l
ī
: the Clement, the Owner of the Kingdom, the Possessor of Majesty and Generous Giving, the Protector, the Transcendent
90-91.
al-Muqsi
ṭ
al-J
ā
mi
‛
: the Impartial, the Gathering
92-93.
al-Ghan
ī
al-Mughn
ī
: the Unneedy, the Need-Lifter
94-95.
al-
Ḍā
rr al-N
ā
fi
‛
: the Harmer, the Benefiter
96.
al-N
ū
r: the Light
97.
al-H
ā
d
ī
: the Guide
98.
al-Bad
ī‛
: the Innovating
99-100.
al-B
ā
q
ī
al-W
ā
rith: the Subsistent, the Inheritor
101.
al-Rash
ī
d: the Road-Shower
102.
al-
Ṣ
ab
ū
r: the Patient
Notes
Works Cited
Index of Quranic Verses
Index of Hadiths and Arabic Sayings
Index and Glossary of Terms
عن المؤلف
William C. Chittick is SUNY Distinguished Professor at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author of several books, including
Faith and Practice of Islam: Three Thirteenth Century Sufi Texts and
The Self-Disclosure of God: Principles of Ibn al-‘Arabī’s Cosmology, both also published by SUNY Press.
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