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Index
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Samʿānīs
MANṢŪR IBN MUḤAMMAD
MUḤAMMAD IBN MANṢŪR
ḤASAN IBN MANṢŪR
AḤMAD IBN MANṢŪR
Sufism in Aḥmad’s Khorasan
SUFISM AMONG ʿABD AL-KARĪM’S TEACHERS
The Repose of the Spirits
SOURCES OF THE TEXT
The Keys to the Unseen
INTERPRETATION OF THE NAMES
FOUR COMMENTARIES ON THE NAMES
DIVINE COMPLEMENTARITY
The Text and Translation
Notes
The Repose of the Spirits: Explaining the Names of the All-Opening King
1. Hū: He
2. Allāh: God
3. Alladhī Lā Ilāha Illā Hū: 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-Quddūs: the Holy
8. al-Salām: the Peace
9. al-Muʾmin: the Faithful
10. al-Muhaymin: the Overseer
11. al-ʿAzīz: the Exalted
12. al-Jabbār: the All-Compelling
13. al-Mutakabbir: the Proud
14. al-Khāliq: the Creator
15. al-Bāriʾ: the Maker
16. al-Muṣawwir: the Form-Giver
17. al-Ghaffār: the All-Forgiving
18. al-Qahhār: the Severe
19. al-Wahhāb: the Bestower
20. al-Razzāq: the Provider
21. al-Fattāḥ: the All-Opening
22. al-ʿAlīm: the Knower
23–24. al-Qābiḍ al-Bāsiṭ: the Contractor, the Expander
25–26. al-Khāfiḍ al-Rāfiʿ: the Downletter, the Uplifter
27–28. al-Muʿizz al-Mudhill: the Exalter, the Abaser
29–30. al-Samīʿ al-Baṣīr: the Hearing, the Seeing
31–32. al-Ḥakam al-ʿAdl: the Ruler, the Just
33. al-Laṭīf: the Gentle
34. al-Khabīr: the Aware
35. al-Ḥalīm: the Forbearing
36. al-ʿAẓīm: the Tremendous
37–38. al-Ghafūr al-Shakūr: the Forgiving, the Grateful
39–40. al-ʿAlī al-Kabīr: the High, the Great
41. al-Ḥafīẓ: the Guardian
42. al-Muqīt: the Nourisher
43. al-Ḥasīb: the Reckoner/the Sufficer
44–45. al-Jalīl al-Jamīl: the Majestic, the Beautiful
46. al-Karīm: the Generous
47. al-Raqīb: the Watcher
48. al-Mujīb: the Responder
49. al-Wāsiʿ: the Embracing
50. al-Ḥakīm: the Wise
51. al-Wadūd: the Loving/the Beloved
52. al-Majīd: the Splendorous
53. al-Bāʿith: the Upraiser
54. al-Shahīd: the Witness
55–56. al-Ḥaqq al-Mubīn: the Real, the Clarifier
57–58. al-Wakīl al-Qawī: the Trustee, the Strong
59. al-Matīn: the Firm
60. al-Walī: the Friend
61. al-Ḥamīd: the Praiser/the Praised
62. al-Muḥṣī: the Enumerator
63–64. al-Mubdiʾ al-Muʿīd: the Originator, the Returner
65–66. al-Muḥyī al-Mumīt: the Life-Giver, the Death-Giver
67–68. al-Ḥayy al-Qayyūm: the Alive, the Self-Standing
69. al-Wājid: the Finder
70–71. al-Wāḥid al-Aḥad: the One, the Unique
72. al-Ṣamad: the Self-Sufficient
73–74. al-Qādir al-Muqtadir: the Powerful, the Potent
75–76. al-Muqaddim al-Muʾakhkhir: the Forward-Setter, the Behind-Keeper
77–80. al-Awwal al-Ākhir al-Ẓāhir al-Bāṭin: the First, the Last, the Outward, the Inward
81. al-Barr: the Kind
82. al-Tawwāb: the Ever-Turning
83. al-Muntaqim: the Avenger
84. al-ʿAfū: the Pardoner
85–89. al-Raʾūf Mālik al-Mulk Dhu’l-Jalāl wa’l-Ikrām al-Wālī al-Mutaʿālī: the Clement, the Owner of the Kingdom, the Possessor of Majesty and Generous Giving, the Protector, the Transcendent
90–91. al-Muqsiṭ al-Jāmiʿ: the Impartial, the Gathering
92–93. al-Ghanī al-Mughnī: the Unneedy, the Need-Lifter
94–95. al-Ḍārr al-Nāfiʿ: the Harmer, the Benefiter
96. al-Nūr: the Light
97. al-Hādī: the Guide
98. al-Badīʿ: the Innovating
99–100. al-Bāqī al-Wārith: the Subsistent, the Inheritor
101. al-Rashīd: the Director
102. al-Ṣabūr: the Patient
Notes
Works Cited
Index of Quranic Verses
Index of Hadiths and Arabic Sayings
Index and Glossary of Terms
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