Qessas Al Qurany Min Noah Ila Yousef Volume 2 | Mohammed Shahroor

This is volume 2 a continuation of the original manuscript of

Shams al-ma'arif al-kobra (The Illumination of Knowledge) by renowned Sufi

Ahmed ibn 'Ali ibn Yusuf al-Buni (d1225). It is one of the most widely read

medieval treatise on talismans, magic square and prayers of protection

against magic. It also includes a number of sciences including ilm

al-Hikmah (knowledge of Wisdom), ilm al-simiyah (study of Divine Names) and

Ruhaniyat (spirituality)..

Al-Buni acquired his knowledge from a number of Sufi masters and scholars

including Abu Abdillah Shams al-Din al-Asfahâni. The knowledge traces back

to a chain of well known Sufi masters including Jalal al-Din Abdullah

al-Bistami, Shaykh al-Sarajani, Qasim al-Sarajani, Abdullah al-Babani, Asîl

al-Din al-Shirazi, Abu al-Najîb al-Sahruwardi, Mohammad ibn Mohammad

Al-Ghazali al-Tusi, Ahmad al-Aswad, Hamad al-Dînuri, master al-Junayd

al-Baghdadi, Sari al-Din al-Saqati, Ma'ruf al-Karkhi, Dawûd al-Jili, Habîb

al-A'ajami, and Imam Hasan al-Basri.

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Al-Buni also acquired his knowledge from Abu al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Maymûn

al-Qastalâni, who derived knowledge from masters going back to Dawûd

al-Tâ'i, Habîb al-A'jami, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Sîrîn, and Malik ibn Anas.