Kashf al-Mahjub

E688002

Kashf al-Mahjub is a seminal 11th-century Persian treatise on Sufism that systematically explains mystical doctrines, practices, and biographies of early Sufi masters.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century book
Islamic theological work
Persian prose work
Sufi treatise
aim defense of Sufism within Sunni Islam
systematic explanation of Sufi doctrine
author Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri
linked to: al-Hujwiri
circulationRegion Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Persian-speaking world
dateWritten 11th century
describes Sufi ascetic practices
Sufi etiquette (adab)
Sufi orders in early Islam
concept of ma‘rifa
concept of tawhid
states of the heart
stations of the spiritual path
genre biographical dictionary
didactic literature
mystical treatise
hasPart chapters on Sufi doctrines
chapters on Sufi practices
chapters on Sufi terminology
section of Sufi biographies
hasTranslation English translation by Reynold A. Nicholson
translations into Arabic
translations into Urdu
influenced South Asian Sufism
later Persian Sufi literature
language Persian
legalSchoolContext Hanafi
linked to: Hanafi school
mainSubject Sufi practices
biographies of early Sufis
mystical doctrines in Islam
mentions Bayazid Bistami
linked to: Bayazid Bastami

Bishr al-Hafi
Sahl al-Tustari
al-Hallaj
linked to: al‑Hallaj

al-Junayd al-Baghdadi
notableFeature combination of theory and biography
earliest extant comprehensive Persian work on Sufism
systematic classification of Sufi concepts
placeAssociated Ghazni
Lahore
religiousDenomination Sunni Islam
religiousTradition Islam
Sufism
theologicalSchoolContext Ash‘ari
linked to: Ash'ari
titleTranslation Revelation of the Mystery
Unveiling of the Veiled

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri mainWork Kashf al-Mahjub
subject linked to: al-Hujwiri
Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri notableWork Kashf al-Mahjub
subject linked to: al-Hujwiri
Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri hasWork Kashf al-Mahjub
subject linked to: al-Hujwiri
Abu Ya'qub al-Sijistani notableWork Kashf al-mahjub
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
al-Risala al-Qushayriyya influenced al-Hujwiri’s Kashf al-Mahjub
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Data Ganj Bakhsh notableWork Kashf al-Maḥjūb
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Data Ganj Bakhsh knownFor Kashf al-Maḥjūb
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Data Ganjbakhsh notableWork Kashf al-Mahjub
Hujwiri notableWork Kashf al-Mahjub
Hujwiri notableWork Kashf al-Mahjub (Unveiling of the Veiled)
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub
Ganj Bakhsh of Lahore notableWork Kashf al-Mahjub
Reynold A. Nicholson notableWork The Kashf al-Maḥjūb of al-Hujwīrī (edition and translation)
linked to: Kashf al-Mahjub