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Chemistry s-sa'ada

Title	Chemistry s-sa'ada
Author	al-Ġazzālîaṭ-Ṭūsî, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad - author
Publication Date:	1170
Type	Other
Language	Arabic
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Pompeu Fabra University Library
Record ID	cdi_europeana_collections_9200126_CED10ED80D4C44F2A5ABA8C44DBB5E5576852F47
Library Location	Available Online
Date	1170
Sample Text	Original paper covers with miqlab; leather over outer edge of the front cover, binding and miqlab; linen binding loosening. Neskhi script, black ink, three points on the end of the copy in red color; the copy incomplete — only the first and the last folio preserved. Original covers of glued paper sheets with flap on back cover, leather reinforcement over outer edge of front cover, spine and flap. The cloth cover is sewn off. Nesha. Manuscript written in black ink. The copy is incomplete, only two leaves have been preserved - the first and the last. Although attractive to some, Sufi practice is not a means of acquiring knowledge. Traditional scholars of Sufism consider it completely undeniable that the knowledge of God is not a psychological state that is acquired by controlling breathing. Accordingly, the application of the technique is not the cause, but instead the opportunity for such knowledge to be acquired (if it occurs at all) given the right tools and teacher guidance along the way. In addition, overemphasizing the practical approach can obscure a far more important fact: the seeker should, in the original sense, become a broken person, deprived of all habits through the exercises (in the words of Imam al-Ghazali) of solitude, silence, sleeplessness and hunger. Sufi practices, while attractive to some, are not a means for gaining knowledge. The traditional scholars of Sufism hold it as absolutely axiomatic that knowledge of God is not a psychological state generated through breath control. Thus, practice of "techniques" is not the cause, but instead the occasion for such knowledge to be obtained (if at all), given proper prerequisites and proper guidance by a master of the way. Furthermore, the emphasis on practices may obscure a far more important fact: The seeker is, ina sense, to become a broken person, stripped of all habits through the practice of (in the words of Imam Al-Ghazali words) solitude, silence, sleeplessness, and hunger.
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Chemistry s-sa'ada

Author al-Ġazzālîaṭ-Ṭūsî, Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad - author

Publication Date 1170

Type Other

Language Arabic

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Pompeu Fabra University Library

Record ID cdi_europeana_collections_9200126_CED10ED80D4C44F2A5ABA8C44DBB5E5576852F47

Library Location Available Online

Date 1170

Sample Text Original paper covers with miqlab; leather over outer edge of the front cover, binding and miqlab; linen binding loosening. Neskhi script, black ink, three points on the end of the copy in red color; the copy incomplete — only the first and the last folio preserved. Original covers of glued paper sheets with flap on back cover, leather reinforcement over outer edge of front cover, spine and flap. The cloth cover is sewn off. Nesha. Manuscript written in black ink. The copy is incomplete, only two leaves have been preserved - the first and the last. Although attractive to some, Sufi practice is not a means of acquiring knowledge. Traditional scholars of Sufism consider it completely undeniable that the knowledge of God is not a psychological state that is acquired by controlling breathing. Accordingly, the application of the technique is not the cause, but instead the opportunity for such knowledge to be acquired (if it occurs at all) given the right tools and teacher guidance along the way. In addition, overemphasizing the practical approach can obscure a far more important fact: the seeker should, in the original sense, become a broken person, deprived of all habits through the exercises (in the words of Imam al-Ghazali) of solitude, silence, sleeplessness and hunger. Sufi practices, while attractive to some, are not a means for gaining knowledge. The traditional scholars of Sufism hold it as absolutely axiomatic that knowledge of God is not a psychological state generated through breath control. Thus, practice of "techniques" is not the cause, but instead the occasion for such knowledge to be obtained (if at all), given proper prerequisites and proper guidance by a master of the way. Furthermore, the emphasis on practices may obscure a far more important fact: The seeker is, ina sense, to become a broken person, stripped of all habits through the practice of (in the words of Imam Al-Ghazali words) solitude, silence, sleeplessness, and hunger.

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