101 Hadith Qudsi by pImam ibn Arabi

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Ibn ¡Arab¨’s other ¢ad¨th writings
In his Fihrist, which catalogues 248 of his works written up to 627/1229, Ibn
¡Arab¨ mentions several books dedicated to ¢ad¨th apart from the Mishkåt
al-anwår. Most appear to be lost, and those that do remain have not been
the subject of much study to date. The following selection will give an idea
of the range and profusion of Ibn ¡Arab¨’s writing:
(1) K. al-Ma¢ajjat al-bay‰å¤ f¨’l-a¢kåm al-shar¡iyya (The Noble Path in
performing the Divine Statutes) – this treatise on ¥qh was composed
in Mecca a year later than the Mishkåt al-anwår, and the second part,
written in his own hand, formed part of his stepson al-Q¬naw¨’s private
library in Konya, Turkey.
(2) K. Miftå¢ al-sa¡åda (The Key to true happiness) – he speci¥es that this
work was a compilation of the collections of Muslim and Bukhår¨,
and some of Tirmidh¨’s ¢ad¨th. The autograph manuscript of part
of Bukhår¨’s Ía¢¨¢, which is dedicated to al-±abash¨ and held in the
National Library of Tunis, may be part of this larger work.
(3) K. al-Misbå¢ f¨ jam¡ bayn al-ßi¢å¢ (The Lamp of Light in the collection
of sound traditions) – this appears to have been a synthesis of the
six canonical collections, of Bukhår¨, Muslim, Tirmidh¨, Ibn Måja, Ab¬
D夬d and Nas夨.
(4) K. Kanz al-abrår f¨må ruwiya ¡an al-nab¨ min al-ad ¡iya wa’l-adhkår (The
Treasure of the virtuous regarding prayers and invocations which have
been transmitted from the Prophet).
(5) K. al-Arba¡¨n ¢ad¨than al-mutaqåbila wa’l-arba¡¨n al-†aw¨låt (The Book
of forty ¢ad¨th of meeting and forty long ¢ad¨th) – this is quoted in the
Mishkåt al-anwår as being already written.
(6) K. Mishkåt al-ma¡q¬l al-muqtabasa min n¬r al-manq¬l (The Niche of the
rational, taken from the light of the traditional) – a work in nine chapters,
contrasting rational and inspired gifts.
The Mishkåt al-anwår
The full title of the work is “The Niche of Lights concerning some of the
communications which have been transmitted from God” (Mishkåt al-anwår
f¨må ruwiya ¡an Allåh min al-akhbår). The book, at least in title, is clearly
inspired by the famous Light Verse (åyat al-n¬r) in the Qur¤an:
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