A Prayer for Spiritual Elevation and Protection

✍ Scribed by Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi, Suha Taji-Farouki

• Publisher: Anqa Publishing
• Year: 2007
• Tongue: Arabic
• Leaves: 152
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This Book provided me with a very interesting background historical knowledge about the relevant sweet prayer which I used to read myself.

The First time I came accross this prayer was through an Ottoman Volume "Majmou'at Al Ahzab - Ibn Arabi"

I am not aware of any other english translation than this one, I think it bring the english reader a honey taste of such a holy prayer, whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim, the Glorious meanings are those that would sparkle around a saint.

This is only a glimpse of Dr. Maximus. (Ibn Arabi)

There is a non-copyrighted audio reading of this prayer in Arabic in the following public Link

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✦ Table of Contents

Contents
......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Foreword by Michel Chodkiewicz......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Damascus......Page 16
Istanbul......Page 19
The United Kingdom......Page 20
Historical dimensions......Page 28
Transmitters of the prayer......Page 33
Chains and authorisations......Page 55
Windows onto Islamic culture and thought......Page 59
Properties......Page 80
The text and its contents......Page 85
Translation and Arabic text......Page 90
Transliteration......Page 109
Appendix: Manuscript copies and chains of transmission......Page 130
Bibliography......Page 138
Index......Page 146