This is the excellent book entitled Tuḥfat al-Mulūk fī ’s-Sayr wa ’s-Sulūk by the erudite scholar Sayyid Baḥr al-‘Ulūm (may Allah be pleased with him).
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Archives for gnosis
What is Ma‘rifat Allah?
Text .أوّلُ عِبادةِ اللّهِ مَعرفتُه، وأصلُ مَعرفةِ اللّهِ تَوحيدُه Terminologies Awwal [أوّل]: that which is earlier and followed by another—be it material or spiritual, and the other is called “last” [ākhir].
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