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"The Principles of the Science of Letters (Kitab Usul Ilm al-Huruf wa-Dawabit al-Awfaq) is the first complete English translation of this foundational treatise on the science of letters, attributed to the renowned thirteenth-century scholar Ahmad ibn Ali al-Buni. This work, drawn from the celebrated Forty Maghribi Books, presents al-Buni's systematic exposition of occult letter science, combining celestial astronomy, letter magic, and spiritual operations into a unified esoteric framework.
The treatise is organized into four parts. The first addresses the science of astronomy, covering the lunar mansions, zodiacal signs, planetary spheres, and their spiritual correspondences. The second, and most extensive, treats the science of letters in nine detailed chapters encompassing the origin of letters, their natures...>>
"The first complete English translation of Majmu'at Thalath Rasa'il (Collection of Three Treatises), a compilation of three mystical works copied together in succession by the same scribe. This volume brings together texts spanning the golden age of Arabic Sufi literature, each addressing a distinct dimension of the spiritual path: practical etiquette, contemplative commentary, and the metaphysics of the Arabic letters.
The first treatise, Kitab fi al-Tariqah (The Book of the Path), is attributed to the celebrated Sufi master Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili (d. 1258). Organized into sixty numbered gates, it guides the practitioner through the stations of the spiritual journey: repentance, seeking forgiveness, remembrance, intimate converse with the Divine, reliance, humility, love, gnosis, and the ultimate...>>
"The first complete English translation of Majmu'at al-Awrad (Collection of Litanies), a compendium of protective prayers, invocations, and ritual formulas attributed to the great Sufi master Ahmad ibn Ali al-Buni. This devotional manual preserves a rich tradition of daily spiritual practice rooted in the Quranic sciences and the invocation of the divine names.
The collection includes prayers revolving around Surat Ya Sin and Surat al-Fath, followed by a carefully ordered sequence of litanies (awrad) for protection from harm, relief of distress, healing of illness, reconciliation, and spiritual opening. Each prayer is presented in the three-layer scholarly format: flowing English translation, ALA-LC transliteration with full diacritical marks, and the original Arabic script.
Among the contents are invocations...>>
