Sufi text
C18417
concept
A Sufi text is a written work that conveys the mystical teachings, practices, symbolism, and spiritual experiences of Sufism, often blending poetry, prose, and allegory to guide seekers toward inner transformation and divine union.
Observed surface forms (23)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sufi treatise | 25 |
| Sufi metaphysical treatise | 5 |
| Sufi work | 4 |
| Islamic mystical text | 2 |
| Sufi commentary | 2 |
| Sufi manual | 2 |
| Sufi poem | 2 |
| Islamic mystical treatise | 1 |
| Sufi allegory | 1 |
| Sufi biographical dictionary | 1 |
| Sufi devotional manual | 1 |
| Sufi expression | 1 |
| Sufi literary work | 1 |
| Sufi mesnevi | 1 |
| Sufi metaphysical encyclopedia | 1 |
| Sufi metaphysical work | 1 |
| Sufi mystical poem | 1 |
| Sufi mystical work | 1 |
| Sufi mystical writing | 1 |
| Sufi philosophical treatise | 1 |
| mystical teachings text | 1 |
| work on Sufism | 1 |
| مصنف في التصوف | 1 |
Instances (65)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Fihi Ma Fihi | — |
| Makatib | — |
| al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya | Sufi work |
| Fusus al-Hikam | Sufi metaphysical treatise |
| Insha al-Dawa’ir | Sufi treatise |
| Mashahid al-Asrar | — |
| Kitab al-Isra ila al-Maqam al-Asra | Islamic mystical treatise |
| Awarif al-Ma'arif | Sufi manual |
| Ana al-Haqq | Sufi expression |
| Kitab al-Tawasin | Sufi mystical work |
| Kimiya-yi Sa'adat | Sufi work |
| al-Hikam al-‘Ata’iyya | — |
| Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din | Sufi treatise |
| Mishkat al-Anwar | Sufi treatise |
|
al-Hujwiri
surface form:
Kashf al-Mahjub
|
Sufi treatise |
| The Deliverance from Error | Sufi treatise |
| Conference of the Birds | Sufi allegory |
| Risaletü’n-Nushiyye | Sufi mesnevi |
| Risala-i-Haq Numa | — |
|
Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
surface form:
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
|
Sufi metaphysical encyclopedia |
| al-Jili's al-Insan al-Kamil | Sufi metaphysical treatise |
| Lawāʾiḥ | Sufi treatise |
| Nafahāt al-Uns | Sufi biographical dictionary |
| Al-Qawl al-Jamil | Sufi treatise |
| The Meccan Openings | — |
| The Bezels of Wisdom | Sufi metaphysical work |
| Ilahi-nama | Sufi poem |
| Mantiq al-Tayr | Sufi poem |
| Tasin al-Azal wa-l-Iltibas | Sufi mystical writing |
| Tasin al-Siraj | — |
| Ibtidā-nāma | Sufi literary work |
| Kitab al-Luma' | Sufi treatise |
| Lataʾif al-Isharat | Sufi work |
| Tartib al-Suluk | Sufi treatise |
| Musibat-nama | Sufi mystical poem |
| al-Risala al-Qushayriyya | Sufi treatise |
| Tasin al-Fahm | — |
|
Abu Talib al-Makki
surface form:
Qut al-Qulub
|
Sufi treatise |
|
Abu Nasr Abdallah ibn Ali al-Sarraj
surface form:
Kitab al-Lumaʿ
|
Sufi treatise |
| Miftah al-Ghayb | Sufi metaphysical treatise |
| al-Nusus | Sufi metaphysical treatise |
| Ijaz al-Bayan | — |
| al-Fukuk | Sufi metaphysical treatise |
| Futuh al-Ghayb | Sufi treatise |
| Al-Ghunya li-Talibi Tariq al-Haqq | Sufi manual |
| In Search of the Lost Heart | work on Sufism |
| Budd al-ʿĀrif | Sufi philosophical treatise |
| al-Masāʾil al-Ṣiqilliyya | Sufi treatise |
| Risāla fī l-wuḥda | — |
| The Alchemy of Happiness | Sufi treatise |