Kashf al-Mahjub

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Kashf al-Mahjub is a seminal 11th-century Persian treatise on Sufism that systematically explains mystical doctrines, practices, and biographies of early Sufi masters.

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instanceOf 11th-century book ⓘ
Islamic theological work ⓘ
Persian prose work ⓘ
Sufi treatise ⓘ
aim defense of Sufism within Sunni Islam ⓘ
systematic explanation of Sufi doctrine ⓘ
author Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri ⓘ
linked to: al-Hujwiri
circulationRegion Indian subcontinent ⓘ
linked to: South Asia

Persian-speaking world ⓘ
dateWritten 11th century ⓘ
describes Sufi ascetic practices ⓘ
Sufi etiquette (adab) ⓘ
Sufi orders in early Islam ⓘ
concept of ma‘rifa ⓘ
concept of tawhid ⓘ
states of the heart ⓘ
stations of the spiritual path ⓘ
genre biographical dictionary ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
mystical treatise ⓘ
hasPart chapters on Sufi doctrines ⓘ
chapters on Sufi practices ⓘ
chapters on Sufi terminology ⓘ
section of Sufi biographies ⓘ
hasTranslation English translation by Reynold A. Nicholson ⓘ
translations into Arabic ⓘ
translations into Urdu ⓘ
influenced South Asian Sufism ⓘ
later Persian Sufi literature ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
legalSchoolContext Hanafi ⓘ
linked to: Hanafi school
mainSubject Sufi practices ⓘ
biographies of early Sufis ⓘ
mystical doctrines in Islam ⓘ
mentions Bayazid Bistami ⓘ
linked to: Bayazid Bastami

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

al-Junayd al-Baghdadi ⓘ
notableFeature combination of theory and biography ⓘ
earliest extant comprehensive Persian work on Sufism ⓘ
systematic classification of Sufi concepts ⓘ
placeAssociated Ghazni ⓘ
Lahore ⓘ
religiousDenomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
religiousTradition Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
theologicalSchoolContext Ash‘ari ⓘ
linked to: Ash'ari
titleTranslation Revelation of the Mystery ⓘ
Unveiling of the Veiled ⓘ

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Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri → mainWork → Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Hujwiri
Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri → notableWork → Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Hujwiri
Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri → hasWork → Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Hujwiri
Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani → notableWork → Kashf al-mahjub ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
al-Risala al-Qushayriyya → influenced → al-Hujwiri’s Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Data Ganj Bakhsh → notableWork → Kashf al-Maḥjūb ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Data Ganj Bakhsh → knownFor → Kashf al-Maḥjūb ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Data Ganjbakhsh → notableWork → Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
Hujwiri → notableWork → Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
Hujwiri → notableWork → Kashf al-Mahjub (Unveiling of the Veiled) ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Ganj Bakhsh of Lahore → notableWork → Kashf al-Mahjub ⓘ
Reynold A. Nicholson → notableWork → The Kashf al-Maḥjūb of al-Hujwīrī (edition and translation) ⓘ
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub