Four Pillars of Spiritual Transformation
Ibn Arabi
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9781905937042
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The Adornment of the Spiritually Transformed (Hilyat al-abdal)
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Ibn 'Arabi's Hilyat al-abdal is one of the great classics of Sufi literature and one of his most popular short works. It is a fundamental analysis of spiritual practice, and in the most direct and condensed manner Ibn 'Arabi describes the four principal activities of any spiritual path: silence, seclusion, hunger and vigilance, and how these are both physical actions of the body and spiritual actions of the heart.
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The Four Pillars of Spiritual Transformation is the first English translation of the work and includes a full and helpful introduction to Ibn 'Arabi's ideas in the treatise, as well as a translation of a chapter from his Futuhat al-Makiyya on the same topic. The book also provides the first critical edition of the Arabic text.
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Ibn Arabi
Paperback
9781905937042
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The Adornment of the Spiritually Transformed (Hilyat al-abdal)
Ā
Ibn 'Arabi's Hilyat al-abdal is one of the great classics of Sufi literature and one of his most popular short works. It is a fundamental analysis of spiritual practice, and in the most direct and condensed manner Ibn 'Arabi describes the four principal activities of any spiritual path: silence, seclusion, hunger and vigilance, and how these are both physical actions of the body and spiritual actions of the heart.
Ā
The Four Pillars of Spiritual Transformation is the first English translation of the work and includes a full and helpful introduction to Ibn 'Arabi's ideas in the treatise, as well as a translation of a chapter from his Futuhat al-Makiyya on the same topic. The book also provides the first critical edition of the Arabic text.
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