Sufi Classics · July 8, 2026

ts (Sufism Glossary)

Abbreviations of Works: Tedbirât; Muḥyiddīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ʿAlī al-ʿArabī, al-Tadbīrāt al-ilāhiyya fī iṣlāḥ mamlakat al-insāniyya, Leiden 1336/1917; Ahmed Avni Konuk, Tedbirât-ı İlâhiyye Translation and …

Abbreviations of Works: Tedbirât; Muḥyiddīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ʿAlī al-ʿArabī, al-Tadbīrāt al-ilāhiyya fī iṣlāḥ mamlakat al-insāniyya, Leiden 1336/1917; Ahmed Avni Konuk, Tedbirât-ı İlâhiyye Translation and Commentary, ed. Mustafa Tahralı, İz Publishing, Istanbul 1992

Tenvir; Abū'l-Faḍl Aḥmad Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Karīm Ibn ʿAṭāʾ Allāh al-Iskandarī, Kitāb al-Tanwīr fī isqāṭ al-tadbīr, Egypt 1300/1882

Tercümân; Muḥyiddīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ʿAlī al-ʿArabī, Tercümânü'l-Eşvâk, Beirut 1961; Interpreter of Desires, trans. Mahmut Kanık, İz Publishing, Istanbul 1991

Tirmizi; Abū ʾĪsā ʾĪsā al-Sulamī al-Tirmidhī, al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr, Çağrı Publishing, Istanbul 1981

'Ukle; Muḥyiddīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ʿAlī al-ʿArabī, ʿUqlat al-Mustawfiz, Leiden 1336/1917

Uküd; Muḥammad Ḥusayn ʿAbd Allāh al-Sharīf al-Ḥabashī, al-ʿUqūd al-luʾluʾiyya fī bayān ṭarīqat al-sudāti al-ʿulwiyya, n.d. 1298/1880

Zehebi; Abū ʿAbd Allāh Shams al-Dīn Muḥammad Aḥmad al-Dhahabī, Mīzān al-iʿtidāl fī naqd al-rijāl, Beirut 1995

Other Useful Works

ADDAS, Claude; Ibn Arabi: In Search of the Red Sulphur, trans. Atila Ataman, Gelenek Publishing, Istanbul 2004

AFIFI, Abū'l-ʿAlā; Sufism: Spiritual Life in Islam, trans. Ekrem Demirli-Abdullah Kartal, İz Publishing, Istanbul 1999

Key to Reading the Fusūs, trans. Ekrem Demirli, İz Publishing, Istanbul 2002

AŞKAR, Mustafa; Literature of Sufi History, Ministry of Culture Publications, Ankara 2001

ATEŞ, Süleyman; Islamic Sufism, Yeni Ufuklar Publishing, Istanbul 1992

AYNİ, Mehmet Ali; History of Sufism, ed. Hüseyin Rahmi Yananlı, Kitabevi, Istanbul 1992

BALTACI, Cahit; Sufism Dictionary, Elif Publishing, Istanbul 1981

BARDAKÇI, Mehmet Necmettin; Sufism in Socio-Cultural Life, Faculty Bookstore, Isparta 2000

CAN, Şefik; Mevlana: His Life, Personality, and Ideas, Ötüken Publishing, Istanbul 1997

CEBECİOĞLU, Ethem; Dictionary of Sufi Terms and Expressions, Rehber Publishing, Ankara 1997; Anka Publishing, Istanbul 2004

CHITTICK, William; Sufism, trans. Turan Koç, İz Publishing, Istanbul 2003

DEMİRCİ, Mehmet; Sufism and Sufi Orders in Questions, Damla Publishing, Istanbul 2001. ERAYDIN, Selçuk; Sufism and Sufi Orders, İFAV, Istanbul 1994

FARIDUDDIN ATTAR; Tadhkirat al-Awliyāʾ, trans. Süleyman Uludağ, Knowledge and Culture Publishing, Istanbul 1985

FÜRÜZANEER, Mawlana Jalal al-Din, trans. Feridun Nafiz Uzluk, Ministry of National Education Publications, Istanbul 1997

Other Useful Works

GÖLPINARLI, Abdülbâki; Mawlana Jalal al-Din, İnkılâp Bookstore, Istanbul 1999. GÜNDÜZ, İrfan; Gümüşhanevi Ahmed Ziyâüddin: His Life, Works, Understanding of Tariqa and the Khalidiyya Order, Seha Publishing, Istanbul 1984

GÜRER, Dilaver; Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani: His Life, Works, and Views, İnsan Publishing, Istanbul 1999

IZUTSU, Toshihiko; Key Concepts in Ibn Arabi's Fusūs, trans. Ahmed Yüksel Özemre, Kaknüs Publishing, Istanbul 1998

ISKANDARI, Ataullah; Sufi Wisdom: Ḥikam al-ʿAṭāʾiyya, ed. Mustafa Kara, Dergâh Publishing, Istanbul 1990; 2003

IZ, Mahir; Sufism, ed. Ertuğrul Düzdağ, Kitabevi, Istanbul 1990

KAMERU'L-HUDA; Shihab al-Din ʿUmar Suhrawardi: His Life, Works, and Tariqa, trans. Tahir Uluç, İnsan Publishing, Istanbul 2004

KARA, Mustafa; History of Sufism and Sufi Orders, Dergâh Publishing, Istanbul 1985; 2003

Tekkes and Zawiyas, Dergâh Publishing, Istanbul 1990

KARAMAN, Hayreddin; Rabbani Iman and Islamic Sufism, İz Publishing, Istanbul 2003

KARAKOÇ, Sezai; Mevlana, Diriliş Publishing, Istanbul 1996

KARTAL, Abdullah; Abd al-Karim Jili: His Life, Works, and Sufi Philosophy, İnsan Publishing, Istanbul 2003

KEHHÂLE, ʿUmar Riḍā; Muʿjam al-muʾallifīn: Biographies of Authors of Arabic Books, Dār Iḥyāʾ al-Turāth al-ʿArabī, Beirut 1957

Classical Sufi Sources I, ed. Ali Çınar, Süf Publishing, Ankara 2003

KONUK, Ahmed Avni; Fusūs al-Ḥikam: Translation and Commentary, ed. Mustafa Tahralı, Selçuk Eraydın, I-IV, Dergâh Publishing-İFAV, Istanbul 1987, 1989, 1990, 1992. ÖNDER, Mehmet; Mevlana and Mevlevi Order, Aksoy Publishing, Istanbul 1998

ÖZTÜRK, Yaşar Nuri; Sufism According to the Qur'an and Sunnah, Esma Publishing, Istanbul 1979; Yeni Boyut Publishing, Istanbul 1998

The Spirit of Sufism and Sufi Orders, Yeni Boyut, Istanbul 1990

Mevlana and Humanity, Yeni Boyut, Istanbul 1992

Other Useful Works: SAFER BABA; Istilahat-i Sofiyye fi Watan-i Asliyye: Sufi Terms, Heten Keten Publishing, Istanbul 1998

SCHIMMEL, Annemarie; Mystical Dimensions of Islam, trans. Ergun Kocabıyık, Kabalcı Publishing, Istanbul 1999

I Am Wind, You Are Fire: The Life and Work of Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi, trans. Senail Özkan, Ötüken Publishing, Istanbul 1999

SMITH, Margaret; A Woman Sufi: Rābiʿa, trans. Özlem Eraydın, İnsan Publishing, Istanbul 1991

ŞAHİN, Hasan-SEVİM, Seyfullah; Sufism, Theology, Ankara 2002

Definition, Sources, and Influences of Sufism (Proceedings of the 10th Anniversary of the Death of Mehmed Zahid Kotku Symposium), Seha Publishing, ed. Coşkun Yılmaz, Istanbul 1991

TOPÇU, Nurettin; Islam and Humanity: Mevlana and Sufism, Dergâh Publishing, Istanbul 1998

TÜRER, Osman; Outline of Sufi History, Seha Publishing, Istanbul 1995

Türkiye Diyanet Foundation Islamic Encyclopedia, Türkiye Diyanet Foundation Publishing, I1-I, Istanbul 1988-2005

ULUDAĞ, Süleyman; The Structure of Islamic Thought, Dergâh Publishing, Istanbul 1985; Dictionary of Sufi Terms, Marifet Publishing, Istanbul 1996; Kabalcı Publishing, Istanbul 2002

YAŞAR, Ahmet; Life Buried in Death, Beşikçi Publishing, Istanbul 2001

The Secret in the Pine Cone, Beşikçi Publishing 2003

YILMAZ, Hasan Kâmil; Outline of Sufism and Sufi Orders, Ensar Publishing, Istanbul 1994

BERR ai; Issues in Sufism, Erkam Publishing, Istanbul 2004

ZIRIKLI, Hayreddin; al-Aʿlām: Biographical Dictionary, I-III, Beirut 1998

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