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What Is Taṣawwuf?

Taṣawwuf Kiyā Hai?

Mawlānā Muḥammad Manẓūr Nuʿmānī

A clear and honest account of Taṣawwuf: what it is, what its practices involve, and how to approach it, by one of the foremost scholars of the twentieth century.

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Contents

  1. Original Publisher’s Notes This book was published for the first time in 1371 AH, 1952 CE, and after only a short while it was exhausted and became unobtainable. For about...
  2. Preface: Mawlānā Muḥammad Manẓūr Nuʿmānī (Raḥimahullāh) The most perfect pattern of the true religion (dīn al-ḥaqq) and of the way of life to which the Messenger of Allāh was sent to call the world was his...
  3. Preliminary Reflection and Experience Concerning Taṣawwuf Towards the end of 1361 AH, or in the early part of 1362 AH, I met with such circumstances that I felt the need to stay for a few days in some place...
  4. My Few Certainties About Taṣawwuf and Its Practices and Engagements Praise be to Allāh that now, in this chapter, there remains no such doubt or misgiving that the real aim of Sufism (taṣawwuf) and of its practices...
  5. Some Doubts Related to Taṣawwuf and Its Practices and Disciplines Up to this point, when what has been written was published in the pages of al-Furqān, certain questions were raised in this connection by some...
  6. Answers to Some Doubts and Misgivings About Taṣawwuf and Its Practices and Disciplines The doubts and misgivings that arise concerning Sufism (taṣawwuf) and its deeds and engagements can be divided into the following two major kinds:
  7. Certainty and Its Fruits In the short article concerning certain of the doubts and misgivings that arise about Sufism (taṣawwuf), which the honoured readers perused in the...
  8. People of Taṣawwuf and Religious Struggle There are many things in the world which, on account of certain particular causes, come to be accepted without any scholarly criticism or...
  9. A Few Initial Pieces of Advice for Those Who Seek Taṣawwuf and Iḥsān When the first five essays of this book were published in instalments in Al-Furqān, some honoured gentlemen, having read them, insisted that for...
  10. Glossary