What is it about?
This article discusses the station of love in ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī’s classic work on the stations of Sufism, the Manāzil al-sāʾirīn (Stations of the Wayfarers).
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Why is it important?
ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī’s seminal work Manāzil al-sāʾirīn, is a masterpiece of Islamic literature and spirituality. It is one of the most detailed works of its kind that is aimed at the practical dimension of Sufism, manuals of spiritual wayfaring. This study presents two key figures of Sufism, Anṣārī, the author, and Kashānī, the commentator.
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Manāzil al-sāʾirīn represents the conveyance of spiritual knowledge from master to student through the interplay between text and commentary. Without Kashānī’s nuanced commentary, it would be virtually impossible to convey Anṣārī’s condensed original to students of the path.
Dr Mukhtar H Ali
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine
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This page is a summary of: The “Doctrine of Love” in ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī’s Manāzil al-sāʾirīn with Critical Paraphrase of ʿAbd al-Razzāq Kāshānī’s Commentary, Journal of Sufi Studies, November 2016, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/22105956-12341288.
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