In the earliest concrete examples of magic squares from Chinese, Indian, and Arabic
literature, the squares are valued not simply as mathematical curiosities but as objects of …

The following article aims at analyzing various classifications of knowledge that are found in
the literature of classical Islamic mysticism. The discussion focuses on two main corpora …

Abū l-Qāsim Aḥmad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Qasī (6th/12th century) is a unique figure in the
landscape of medieval Islamic mysticism. Both an author of an original theosophical treatise …

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Although historically recognised as one of the major landmarks in post-Jābirian Arabic
alchemy, the Shudhūr al-dhahab (Shards of Gold)—a dīwān of alchemical verse by the …

This article is focused on the manuscript tradition of the Rutbat al-ḥakīm, an alchemical
treatise written in al-Andalus by Maslama b. Qāsim al-Qurṭubī in 339/950-342/953. The …

Virtually unknown two decades ago, Maslama b. Qāsim al-Qurṭubī (d. 353/964) is today
acknowledged as the genuine author of both the Rutbat al-ḥakīm and the Ghāyat al …

A common methodological assumption is that the number of preserved manuscripts is a
reliable indicative of a book's popularity. Also common is the recourse to levels of popularity …

Recent scholarship has brought important new insights into the chronology of the writing
and dissemination of the Rasāʾil Ikhwān al-Ṣafāʾ ('Epistles of the Brethren of Purity'). This …

This article focuses on ḥadīth al-nawāfil (“the tradition concerning supererogatory works”),
which is one of the most quoted traditions in Islamic mystical literature. The tradition …