al-Risala al-Qushayriyya

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al-Risala al-Qushayriyya is a foundational 11th-century Sufi treatise that systematically presents Sufi doctrines, ethics, and biographies of early mystics within an orthodox Islamic framework.

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instanceOf Arabic prose work ⓘ
Islamic theological work ⓘ
Sufi treatise ⓘ
aim to defend Sufis against accusations of heresy ⓘ
to reconcile Sufism with Sunni orthodoxy ⓘ
alternativeTitle Qushayri’s Epistle on Sufism ⓘ
al-Risala fi ‘ilm al-tasawwuf ⓘ
approximateDateWritten c. 1045–1046 CE ⓘ
author Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri ⓘ
circulation widely read in the Islamic world ⓘ
contains Qur’anic citations ⓘ
biographies of early Sufis ⓘ
discussion of Sufi practices ⓘ
discussion of Sufi terminology ⓘ
hadith citations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Khurasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan
dateWritten 11th century ⓘ
denominationalContext Sunni Islam ⓘ
genre Sufi manual ⓘ
hagiographical work ⓘ
hasPart biographical notices of early Sufis ⓘ
section on Sufi states (ahwal) ⓘ
section on Sufi stations (maqamat) ⓘ
section on Sufi technical terms (istilahāt) ⓘ
section on adab (spiritual etiquette) ⓘ
influenced al-Ghazali’s writings on Sufism ⓘ
al-Hujwiri’s Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub

later Sufi manuals ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
madhhabContext Shafi‘i ⓘ
linked to: Shafi'i school
mainSubject Islamic ethics ⓘ
Islamic mysticism ⓘ
Sufi doctrine ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
notableFigureDiscussed Abu Yazid al-Bistami ⓘ
linked to: Bayazid Bastami

Sahl al-Tustari ⓘ
al-Hallaj ⓘ
linked to: al‑Hallaj

al-Harith al-Muhasibi ⓘ
al-Junayd al-Baghdadi ⓘ
placeOfComposition Nishapur ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
status authoritative reference for Sunni Sufi orders ⓘ
foundational text of classical Sufism ⓘ
structure introduction on creed followed by chapters on Sufi concepts and biographies ⓘ
theologicalSchoolContext Ash‘ari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
translatedInto English ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
Turkish ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ

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al-Qushayri → notableWork → al-Risala al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
Mishkat al-Anwar → partOfAuthorCorpus → Ghazalian corpus ⓘ
linked to: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
Ibn ‘Ajiba → notableWork → Sharḥ al-Risāla al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
linked to: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
Ibn ‘Ajiba → wroteCommentaryOn → al-Risāla al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
linked to: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
Sufi stations (maqamat) → describedIn → Risala al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
linked to: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
ʿAbd al-Karim ibn Hawazin al-Qushayri → notableWork → al-Risala al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
Lataʾif al-Isharat → relatedWorkByAuthor → al-Risala al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
Tartib al-Suluk → relatedWork → al-Risala al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
ʿAbd al-Karim al-Qushayri → notableWork → Risala al-Qushayriyya ⓘ
subject linked to: ʿAbd al-Karim
linked to: al-Risala al-Qushayriyya