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Ibn Qayyim
al-Jawziyya on the Invocation of God
Al-Wabil al-Sayyb
Translated by:
M. ABDURRAHMAN FITZGERALD &
YOUSSEF SLITINE
In describing al-Wabil al-Sayyib, here translated
into English for the first time as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on
the Invocation of God, the author says, ‘We have mentioned
[in it] nearly one hundred benefits of remembrance of God [dhikr],
and the secrets of remembrance...This is a book of great usefulness.’
Written in the fourteenth century by the renowned theologian Ibn
Qayyim al-Jawziyya, this treatise movingly details the many blessings
of the remembrance of God. Through discussions of the ego, the nature
of the body, the ephemerality of the world, the degrees of prayer,
fasting, charity, and the purification of the heart, this beautifully
written work is a genuine contribution to Muslim spirituality. What
makes Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya on the Invocation of God of
great interest is that it illustrates the spiritual life of Ibn
Qayyim and of his teacher, the Hanbalite reformer Ibn Taymiyya (1263AH/1328AD).
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