The Hikam - The Wisdom of Ibn `Ata' Allah - al-Iskandari, Shaykh Ibn Ata'Allah

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Résumé :
The Hikam, or Wisdom, of the great Sufi Master Ibn `Ata 'Allah al-Iskandari has long been acknowledged as an essential and classic masterwork of the Islamic science of enlightenment. Ibn `Ata 'Allah exemplified the ultimate model of a Sufi master possessed of a deep foundation in the sciences of the Qur'an, the way of the Prophet and the Universal Laws of the Islamic way of life, both outer and inner. Short but immensely thought provoking, dense in their significance and insightfulness, crisp and sharp in their elucidation, the aphoristic Hikam are a true manifesto for those who are sincerely on the path of knowledge and awareness. This wisdom strips away our conventional responses to events, actions and phenomena, and encourage us to concentrate on the only true Reality. With the publication of Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri's new translation and with the aid of his accompanying commentary, students and adepts alike can now gain a profounder understanding of these timeless teachings from the wellspring of the heart of Islam....

Biographie:
Shaykh Abu Al-Fadhl Ahmed Ibn Muhammad Ibn `Abdul Karim, known as Ibn `Ata 'Allah al- Iskandari, is one of the great enlightened Sufi Masters of North Africa who influenced many generations after him along this path. Ibn `Ata 'Allah was an acknowledged `Alim and Imam of Shari`ah and the most influential man of light and gnosis of his day. He came under the transformative light of Abu Al-`Abbas al-Mursi, who had passed on to him the richest treasures of Shadhili teachings including much of the tradition of the founder of this Tariqa, Abu al-Hassan al-Shadhili. The great Ibn `Ata ' Allah left this world the year 709 Hijra and is buried in the old cemetery in Cairo, where there is adjacent to his tomb a large and popular mosque in our present day. Ibn `Ata 'Allah exemplifies the ultimate model of a Sufi Master with a deep foundation of Qur'an, the way of the Prophet and the Universal Laws of the Deen both outer and inner. His spiritual legacy is encapsulated in the dense form of the Hikam, which is renowned as one of the most important Sufi texts, and certainly the earliest of Shadhili texts. Besides his illumined sayings of the Hikam, his books 'Lata'if-al-Munan, at-Tanwir fi isqat at-Tadbir', 'Allah The Unique Name', 'Taj al-Arus' and 'Miftah al-falah wa Misbah al-Arwah', are well known and available to Sufi seekers of today. Most of these works are additions or embellishments or complementary to the Hikam.

Sommaire:
The Hikam, or Wisdom, of the great Sufi Master Ibn `Ata 'Allah al-Iskandari has long been acknowledged as an essential and classic masterwork of the Islamic science of enlightenment. Ibn `Ata 'Allah exemplified the ultimate model of a Sufi master possessed of a deep foundation in the sciences of the Qur'an, the way of the Prophet and the Universal Laws of the Islamic way of life, both outer and inner. Short but immensely thought provoking, dense in their significance and insightfulness, crisp and sharp in their elucidation, the aphoristic Hikam are a true manifesto for those who are sincerely on the path of knowledge and awareness. This wisdom strips away our conventional responses to events, actions and phenomena, and encourage us to concentrate on the only true Reality. With the publication of Shaykh Fadhlalla Haeri's new translation and with the aid of his accompanying commentary, students and adepts alike can now gain a profounder understanding of these timeless teachings from the wellspring of the heart of Islam....