Necklaces of Gems (Qalaid al-Jawahir)

633 Pages·2009·2.303 MB·English

by  Shaikh Muhammad ibn Yahya at-Tafidi, Muhtar Holland

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[Qala id al-Jawahir]
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE CROWN OF THE SAINTS;
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SHAIKH ABD AL-QADIR AL-JILANI
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Necklaces of Gems
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[Qala id al-Jawahir]
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE CROWN OF THE SAINTS;
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SHAIKH ABD AL-QADIR AL-JILANI
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SHAIKH MUH.AMMAD IBN YAH.YA AT-TADIFI
. TRANSLATED FROM THE ARABIC BY MUHTAR HOLLAND
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Contents
PUBLISHER’S PREFACE ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xv
TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION xvii
PROLOGUE BY THE AUTHOR 5
SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S GENEALOGY 8
SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S BIRTH 10
SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S LIFE AND EXPLOITS 11
SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S WIVES 174
SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S CHILDREN 176
SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S GRANDCHILDREN
AND DESCENDANTS 186
MORE OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S LIFE AND EXPLOITS 236
SOME OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S INVOCATIONS,
EXHORTATIONS AND EXPLANATIONS 246
MORE OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S EXPLOITS 286
SHAIKHS WHO EXTOLLED THE MERITS
OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR:
Shaikh Ab« Bakr ibn Huwårå 341
Shaikh Mu¥ammad ¡al¥a ash-Shunbukº 348
Shaikh Abu’l-Wafå Mu¥ammad Kåkºs 351
Shaikh ªammåd ad-Dabbås 355
Shaikh ‹Azzåz ibn Mustawda‹ al-Ba£å›i¥º 358
Shaikh Manƒ«r al-Ba£å›i¥º 361
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Shaikh A¥mad ar-Rif勺 363
Shaikh ‹Adº ibn Musåfir 369
Shaikh ‹Alº ibn al-Hºtº 385
Shaikh Ab« Ya‹azz al-Maghribº 392
Shaikh Maslama as-Sar«jº 395
Shaikh ‹Uqail al-Manbijº 399
Shaikh ‹Alº ibn Wahb ar-Rabº‹º 402
Shaikh M«så ibn Måhån az-Zuwalº 408
Shaikh Raslån ad-Dimashqº 411
Shaikh Abu’n-Najºb as-Suhrawardº 416
Shaikh Ab« Mu¥ammad ibn ‹Abd al-Baƒrº 422
Shaikh Abu’l-ªasan al-Jawsaqº 428
Shaikh ‹Abd ar-Ra¥mån a£-¡afs«njº 434
Shaikh Baqå ibn Ba£« 439
Shaikh Ab« Sa‹ºd ‹Alº al-Qailawº 441
Shaikh Ma£ir al-Bådhirånº 445
Shaikh Måjid al-Kurdº 447
Shaikh Ab« Madyan Shu‹aib al-Maghribº 449
Shaikh Abu’l-Barakåt »akhr 454
Shaikh Abu’l-Mafåkhir ‹Adº ibn Abi’l-Barakåt 458
Shaikh Y«suf al-Hamadånº 460
Shaikh Shihåb ad-Dºn ‹Umar as-Suhrawardº 463
Shaikh Jågºr al-Kurdº 468
Shaikh ‹Uthmån ibn Marwån al-Qurashº 471
Shaikh Suwaid as-Sinjårº 474
Shaikh ªayåt ibn Qais al-ªarrånº 479
Shaikh Ab« ‹Amr ‹Uthmån ibn Marwaza al-Ba£å›i¥º 484
Shaikh Ma¥m«d an-Na‹‹ål 490
Shaikh Qaæºb al-Bån al-Mawƒilº 492
Shaikh ‹Umar ibn Mas‹«d al-Bazzåz 498
Shaikh Makårim ibn Idrºs an-Nahr-Khålisº 500
Shaikh Khalºfa ibn M«så an-Nahr-Malikº 504
Shaikh Ab« ‹Abdi’llåh Mu¥ammad al-Qurashº 509
Shaikh Ibråhºm al-A‹zab 520
Shaikh ‹Alº ibn Idrºs al-Ya‹q«bº 527
Shaikh ‹Abdu’llåh al-Jubb固 530
Shaikh Abu’l-ªasan ‹Alº aƒ-»abbågh 532
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SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR’S BIRTH AND DEATH 541
EULOGY OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR
By Shaikh ‹Izz ad-Dºn ibn ‹Abd as-Salåm 545
EULOGY OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR
By Shaikh al-Yåfi‹º in his Ta›rºkh [History] 549
EULOGY OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR
By Shaikh Mu¥yi’d-Dºn an-Nawawº 555
ODE IN PRAISE OF SHAIKH ‹ABD AL-QÁDIR
By Qåæº Ab« Bakr 557
CONCLUSION 560
POSTSCRIPT 563
APPENDIX
Excerpts from Sufficient Provision
for Seekers of the Path of Truth 565
ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR 601
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Publisher’s Preface
Once in a great while there will come to prominence, in the affairs
of mankind, someone for whom superlatives fail. The mind
becomes weary, attempting to find fitting epithets to convey an inkling
of the stature of such paragons of excellence. In the history of the Saints
[awliya›] of Islåm, Shaikh ‹Abd al-Qådir al-Jºlånº stands out as being
unique, in the broad scope of perfection that includes his lineage, his
complete development, piety, knowledge of the religion and adherence
to the Sacred Law [Sharº‹a], his intimate and direct knowledge of the
Divine, and his establishment by the Lord of all the Worlds at the level
of Reality [ªaqºqa].
It has been said that in Islåm there are four levels, or stages, of the
religion; the Sharº‹a, the ¡arºqa, the ªaqºqa and the Ma‹rifa. The
Sharº‹a [Sacred Law] is the outer aspect of the religion and has been well
covered in many other writings, as has the ¡arºqa [Path], which is the
mystical dimension of the religion, and provides a framework for those
who strive to attain to the Divine. These two levels are the uttermost
boundary that we can reach by means of our own striving. Thereafter
it depends upon the grace of Allåh to His creature. What is the ªaqºqa?
Is it a further kind of teaching to which one graduates after long years
of progress in the ¡arºqa? The answer to that question, is no. The
ªaqºqa is the living grace of the All-Merciful, and He bestows it upon
whom He wills of His creatures.
This biography of Shaikh ‹Abd al-Qådir demonstrates very clearly
that he was a Shaikh of the ªaqºqa, and it contains thumbnail
biographies of forty-three other Shaikhs of the ªaqºqa; his associates of
that day and age. To understand the ªaqºqa without having experienced
it is not easy, so I have excerpted for the reader some instances of the
Shaikh, may Allåh be well pleased with him, passing on the contact
[wuƒ«l] or the opening [fat¥] to the ªaqºqa to others. When reading
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