The Subtle blessings in the saintly lives of Abu Al Abbas

The Subtle Blessings is Ibn 'Ata' Allah al-Iskandari's tribute to his two teachers, Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili and Abu al-'Abbas al-Mursi, the founders of the Shadhili order. Its Arabic title is Lata'if al-Minan.

The book moves between stories of the two shaykhs and teaching: explanations of hadith and passages of the Qur'an, the stations of the spiritual path, and the phrases of remembrance they taught. Nancy Roberts translated it for the Fons Vitae Ibn 'Ata' Allah Series. This edition adds an appendix of six essays by women on how the saints' lives and shrines remain alive today, and a photo essay of the sacred sites.

What's inside

• A portrait of al-Shadhili and al-Mursi by their student
• Sufi readings of Qur'anic passages, and traditional litanies
• Six essays by women on the living tradition
• A photo essay of shrines and sacred sites
• 455 pages

Who it's for

Readers who know Ibn 'Ata' Allah from the Hikam and want to meet the teachers who formed him, and anyone who wants a vivid first-hand account of the Sufi path.

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