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Ahmad ibn Ajiba
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9781891785849
A Lexicon of Sufic Terminology
Mi'raj al-tashawwuf ila haqaiq al-tasawwuf, The Book of Ascension to the Essential Truths of Sufism, is a lexicon of Sufic terminology compiled by the Moroccan scholar and mystic, Ahmad ibn Ajiba.
It was first begun around the time he entered the Darqawi Order at the hand of its founder, in 1208/1793, and then re-written twelve to thirteen years later after he himself had traveled the path and become one of its teachers.
The final work, dated 1220/1806, contains 143 Sufic terms for which Ibn Ajiba gives succinct but profound definitions, usually including what the term means for someone at the beginning, middle, and end of the spiritual journey.
The main text is enriched by twenty additional passages from other works by the same author as well as by the complete text of al-Mi'raj in vowelled Arabic text. It is extensively annotated, and includes indices of persons, terms, Quranic verses, and hadith mentioned.
