The Exquisite Pearl

[Abu Bubu]

The Exquisite Pearl

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By Shaykh 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di

The Exquisite Pearl : The Journey to Allah and the Home of the Hereafter . Of all the faculties man has been endowed with, none excels the heart in importance and nobility. For the heart is both the seat of intelligence and understanding, and the locus of faith and spirituality; it is the quintessential faculty by which man may come to know his creator, and seek nearness and intimacy with Him. The heart's spiritual sustenance lie sin its being receptive to the effusions of divine grace and guidance, without which the veils that cover it will continue to corrupt its primordial purity, gradually rendering it dysfunctional! Each veil- a metaphor for heedlessness, sins and distraction- that is melted away by the rays of faith and spiritual endeavour, allows vital qualities such as love of Allah, as well as hope, fear, remembrance, and reliance upon Him, are referred to in the religious vocabulary as spiritual stations; only when the heart embraces these stations is it said to be truly sound. The Majestic Qur'an informs:

'The day when wealth and sons avail not, save him who brings to Allah a heart that is sound.'

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[Abu Ibraaheem]

Jazakallahu khairan akhee, I have this in hard copy and it is a excellent book

[janathi]

Jazaak'Allahu Khairan, indeed an excellent Book!

WaSsalaamu'Alaykum

[Um Abdullah M.]

May Allah reward you greatly for sharing this.

I posted it in Multaqa ahl Hadeeth forum.

[abudurrah]

This is a very good book

but can soemone assure me that this book has no hidden sufi messages cos the footnotes keep quoting ibn qayyum as quoting the gnostics
and what imam shafi learnt from the sufis

also does this poem have any sufi connotations

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like this verse

Accompanying the people in bodily form
Whist their spirits dwell at a sublimer station

i dont know

[hearandobey]

assalam alaykum,

i think this book does have a sufi agenda, because it is published and translated by sufis (although originally written by a salafi). it is even being sold in sufi bookshops, so i think that quite explains it. wallahu alam.

[abudurrah]

jazakallahkhair for the information

[Barakah921]

THE EXQUISITE PEARL> this is the book that we'l be going through at the ALKAUTHAR SOUL REFLECTIONS course inshaAllah. Come to Manchester on the 12th and 13th April inshaAllah and check it out :D

[Abu Bubu]

Heres some info on the author:
http://abuqutaybah.blogspot.com/2008/02/ash-sheikh-saadi-rh.html

[Anikaa]

I have a hard copy too :D