Muhammad Alagil Distinguished Professorship in Arabia Asia Studies

Kitāb al-Kibrīt al-Aḥmar wa al-iksīr al-akbar

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Kitāb al-Kibrīt al-Aḥmar wa al-iksīr al-akbar
Kitāb al-Kibrīt al-Aḥmar wa al-iksīr al-akbar
Identifier MAC12/MTM1, vii
Title Kitāb al-Kibrīt al-Aḥmar wa al-iksīr al-akbar
Author Abū Bakr bin ʻAbd Allāh al-ʻAydarūs
Description These pages provide a concise summary of al-ʿAydarūs’s Kitāb al-Kibrīt al-Aḥmar wa-l-Iksīr al-Akbar (The Red Sulfur and the Greatest Elixir), focusing on Sufism and its spiritual paths. The content is organized into brief chapters, complemented by poetic verses that reinforce the core themes of each section, creating a rhythmic interplay between expository instruction and lyrical elaboration. For scholars, this structural format reveals how al-ʿAydarūs’s teachings were condensed for accessibility while retaining the aesthetic and mnemonic power of poetry in transmitting spiritual principles to seekers of the path.
Extent ff. 78r-94v
Place Islahul Uloom Arabic College, Kerala, India
Year (1447-1508)
Citation Kitāb al-Kibrīt al-Aḥmar wa al-iksīr al-akbar, Abū Bakr bin ʻAbd Allāh al-ʻAydarūs, MAC12/MTM1, vii, https://ari.nus.edu.sg/arabia-asia-archives/mac12-mtm1-vii/
Language Arabic
Script Arabic-Naskh
Attribution Creative commons attribution non-commercial licence
Content Type Manuscripts