{"product_id":"gifts-for-the-seeker","title":"Gifts for the Seeker","description":"This book answers many of the questions often asked by seekers of inward illumination:\r\n\r\n- What are the real implications of the doctrine of divine unity?\r\n- How can proper concentration be achieved during spiritual exercises?\r\n- When should one avoid participating in Sufi gatherings?\r\n- What is the relationship between the tongue, the mind and the heart?\r\n- How is one to understand visions received in sleep?\r\n\r\nThe work also includes the author\u0026amp;#039;s commentary on a poem of inner wayfaring. the Ode of al-Aydarus, which speaks of the most exalted \u0026amp;#039;stations\u0026amp;#039; of the Sufi path, including extinction (fana\u0026amp;#039;) and subsistence (baqa\u0026amp;#039;). It goes on to explain a number of paradoxes of the Way, such as the reason why saints usually refuse to deploy their miraculous powers, preferring to concentrate on self-scrutiny and the compassionate guidance of others. These points are illustrated with references to the famous mystical poems of Ibn al-Farid and Abu Madyan.\r\n\r\nThe author (c.1720) lived at Tarim in the Hadramawt valley between Yemen and Oman, and is described as the \u0026amp;#039;renewer\u0026amp;#039; of the twelfth Muslim century. His writing include a volume of mystical poetry and several books, some of which are specially popular in Swahili and Malay translation.","brand":"Imam Abdallah Ibn Alawi Al - Haddad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57680111599941,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0807\/4670\/9317\/files\/img_9791887752571.jpg?v=1776118797","url":"https:\/\/blackstonedirect.com\/products\/gifts-for-the-seeker","provider":"Blackstone","version":"1.0","type":"link"}