Introduction; The Prayers of Ibn 'Arabi; The Divine Work: request and response; The three worlds and the three persons; The structure of the Awrad; The seven days and seven nights; The day of Muhammad; The Awrad: manuscripts and translation; The Opening prayer; Sunday: eve & morning; Monday: eve & morning; Tuesday: eve & morning; Wednesday: eve & morning; Thursday: eve & morning; Friday: eve & morning; Saturday: eve & morning.
Stephen Hirtenstein is a Senior Research Fellow of the Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi Society and Editor of the Society Journal, as well as director of Anqa Publishing. He also works as a senior editor on Encyclopaedia Islamica, and teaches Sufism and Sufi poetry at the University of Oxford. His particular interest is in the conservation of the existing manuscripts of Ibn Arabis works. His publications include The Unlimited Mercifier (a biography of Ibn Arabi) and translations of shorter treatise (Divine Sayings, The Seven Days of the Heart).
"A massive achievement . . . succeeds in bringing an immensely
valuable and important work into English." --Jane Clark, Journal of
the Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi Society
"An inspired enterprise . . . and formidable scholarship. The book
serves very well as both a devotional aid and a lucid presentation
of the doctrine of Ibn 'Arabi." --Terry Graham, Sufi Magazine
"Opens up new dimensions of profound Islamic spirituality to the
non-Arabic reader." --Hyoun Kyoung Lee, London Bible College,
Centre for Islamic Studies
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