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The talks contained in Revelations of the Unseen, short and to the point, are among the most beautiful oratory the world has ever known. Our translations of this and other of the Shakhs works surviving in manuscript form in Oriental collections around the world are intended to make them more widely available and accessible to Muslims and non-Muslims alike.
This is probably the best known of Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadir's works as there have been previous translations of it in both English and German. These are 78 discourses [majalis] that cover a wide range of topics of great importance to the spiritual traveler and are listed in their entirety below:
The Seventy-eight Discourses
1 On the essential tasks of every true believer
2 On sharing good advice
3 On being tried and tested
4 On spiritual death
5 On the nature of this world, detachment from which is strongly advised
6 On passing beyond the creation
7 On removing the cares of the heart [qalb]
8 On drawing near to Allah
9 On disclosure and contemplation
10 On the self and its states
11 On carnal appetite
12 On the prohibition of love of wealth
13 On submission to Allah's command
14 On following the practice of Allah's own
15 On fear and hope
16 On trust and its stages
17 On how the contact [wusul] with Allah is attained
18 On not complaining
19 On promises
20 On the saying of the Prophet (Allah bless him and give him peace): "Leave anything that makes you doubtful and stick to what arouses no misgivings in you."
21 On addressing Iblis the accursed
22 On the testing of the believer's faith
23 On contentment with one's lot from Allah
24 On cleaving to Allah's door
25 On the tree of faith
26 On not unveiling one's face
27 On good and evil as two fruits
28 On the classification of the seeker's state
29 On the saying of the Prophet (Allah Bless him and give him peace): "Poverty is on the verge of slipping into unbelief”.
30 On not saying "What shall I do and how?"
31 On hatred for Allah's sake
32 On not sharing one's love of Allah
33 On the four types of men
34 On not resenting Allah
35 On pious caution [al-wara']
36 On the explanation of this world and the hereafter, and what one must do in them both 37 On censure of envy 38 On honesty [sidq] and sincerity [nisah]
39 On dissension, concord and hypocrisy [nifaq]
40 On when the aspirant truly belongs in the company of spiritual people 41 Illustrating the nature of annihilation [fana']
42 On the two conditions of the self [nafs]
43 On censure of asking from any but Allah
44 On the reason for non-response to the supplication of one who knows Allah [al-'arif bi'llah]
45 On blessings and trials
46 On the Sacred Tradition: "When someone is too busy remembering Me"
47 On closeness to Allah
48 On what the believer must attend to
49 On censure of sleep
50 On how to treat the servant's remoteness from Allah; explanation of how to achieve closeness to Him
51 On abstinence
52 On the reason for the trials borne by certain believers
53 On the commandment to seek contentment with Allah and annihilation [fana'] in Him
54 On those who wish to attain to the contact [wusul] with Allah, an explanation of the nature of that contact
55 On giving up life's pleasures
56 On the servant's becoming extinct [fana'] to creatures, passions, the self, the will and desires
57 On not contesting destiny, and the commandment to keep oneself content therewith
58 On looking away from all other directions, and seeking the direction of Allah's favor
59 On cheerful acceptance of misfortune, and being grateful for blessings
60 On the beginning and the end
61 On pausing before taking any action until its permissibility is clear
62 On love, the beloved, and what is required in respect of both
63 On a kind of inner knowledge [ma'rifa]
64 On death without life, and life without death
65 On the prohibition of resenting Allah for deferring response to supplication
66 On the commandment to make supplication, and the prohibition of omitting it
67 On struggle with the self, and description of its nature
68 On the words of Allah (Exalted is He): "Every day He is about some business."
69 On the commandment to ask Allah for forgiveness, protection from sin, help toward success, contentment and patience
70 On gratitude and acknowledgment of shortcomings
71 On the seeker and the sought
72 On those who are attracted to what they see in the market and those who view it with patient restraint
73 On a party of saints whom Allah makes aware of the faults of others
74 On how the intelligent person should prove to himself the Uniqueness of Allah
75 On spiritual culture [tasawwuf] and what it is based on
76 On advice
77 On staying with Allah and becoming extinct to creatures
78 On the people devoted to spiritual struggle and self-examination and the masters of resolve; explanation of their virtues
Publisher:
Al Baz Publishing
Author: Shaikh Abd Al Qadir Jilani; Translated by Muhtar Holland
Binding: Paper Back
