Biography of Shaikh ‘Abd Al-Qadir Al-Jilani – 2
Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jilānī was born in 470 H. (1077 CE). Old sources claim that he was born in “Gaylān” in the north of today’s Iran.1 But recently it has been suggested that he was in fact born in...
View ArticleAbout The Fifteen Letters
This article is from “Fifteen Letters (Khamsata ‘Ashara Maktuban)“ With the exception of the second letter in “M,” which starts with the expression “O dear servant (ayyuhā al-ʿabd al-ʿazīz),” and the...
View ArticleThe English Translation
This is not the first English translation of this book. It was first translated in 1997 by Muhtar Holland, the outstanding translator of many of Shaikh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jilan’s works into English. Mr...
View ArticleThe First Letter From the “Fifteen Letters”
O dear one! When the lightnings of direct witnessing flash from the clouds of the emanation of: Allah guides to His Light whom He wills, (24.35) —and the winds of the union of love blow from the...
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