The Book of Wisdoms: Kitāb al-Ḥikam, A Collection of Sufi Aphorisms

Includes bibliographical references and index.

On knowledge -- On repentance -- On sincerity -- On the ritual prayer -- On solitude & detachment -- On time and its importance -- On invocation -- On meditation -- On abstinence -- On poverty -- On disciplining the ego -- On moderation in fear and hope -- On the etiquette of supplication -- On accepting the divine decree and abandoning choice -- On patience through adversity -- On the beneficence of Allah upon his servants -- On companionship -- On ambitious desire -- On humility -- On gradual delusion -- On litany and inspiration -- On the states of the path -- On contraction and expansion -- On spiritual lights and their categories -- On the servant's proximity to allah and natural disposition -- On the divine's proximity to creation and his manifestation of things by direction and guidance -- On the special traits of the gnostics -- On intuitive knowledge and reasoning -- On exhortation and its effect on the heart -- On thankfulness -- The treatises -- The first treatise -- The second treatise -- The stages of thankfulness -- The third treatise -- The fourth treatise -- The intimate discourses.