The seven days of the heart : Awrād al-usbūʿ (wird) : prayers for the nights and days of the week
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The seven days of the heart : Awrād al-usbūʿ (wird) : prayers for the nights and days of the week
Anqa Publishing, 2003
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Awrād al-usbū' (wird)
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Translated from the Arabic
Bibliography: p. 181-182
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Ibn Arabi (1165-1240) has long been known as a great spiritual master. His many works of prose and poetry are beginning to be more accessible in translation in Western languages. They possess the remarkable quality of being able to speak to people of all walks of life and belief, across the apparent barrier of many centuries and differing cultures. Despite this growing interest, the prayers which are attributed to him remain little-known. They provide a most precious glimpse into the real practice of the mystical life within the Sufi tradition. This is the first time that any of Ibn Arabi's prayers have been published in another language. This particular collection is one of the most beautiful, having been revered in the Islamic world for centuries. There are fourteen prayers, one for each day and night of the week. They include not only the most astounding expressions of contemplation and devotion to God, but also an unparalleled depth of knowledge of Union (tawhid). As the translators show in their introduction, the very structure of the prayers is a mode of contemplation, since for Ibn Arabi the weekly cycle itself is sacred.
These prayers are presented with notes and appendices.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: the prayers of Ibn 'Arabi
- the divine work - request and response
- the three worlds and the three persons
- the structure of the Awrad
- the seven days and seven nights
- the day of Muhammad
- the Awrad - manuscripts and translation. The prayers - translation and notes: the opening prayer
- Sunday - evening and morning
- Monday - evening and morning
- Tuesday - evening and morning
- Wednesday - evening and morning
- Thursday - evening and morning
- Friday - evening and morning
- Saturday - evening and morning. Appendices: time according to Ibn 'Arabi's "Ayyam al-sha'n"
- the creative week of the soul
- Abjad system
- on the meanings of the letters ALif and Waw
- manuscripts of the Awrad.
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