Finding a legitimate "portable" or full English version is complex due to the work's historical suppression and the difficulty of translating its technical Sufi terminology .
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Utilizing the numeric value of letters (the Abjad system). Finding a legitimate "portable" or full English version
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ THE SHAMS AL-MA'ARIF CORPUS │ ├────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┤ │ Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra│ The "Greater" expanded text │ │ │ widely distributed today. │ ├────────────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┤ │ Shams al-Ma'arif al-Sughra│ The "Lesser" original work │ │ │ attributed directly to Buni.│ └────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┘ If you share with third parties, their policies apply
The book is divided into several sections, covering topics such as:
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The book gained notoriety quickly. [7†L8-L9]. To its devout followers, it is a tool for spiritual ascension. However, for orthodox Muslim scholars—most famously the influential Hanbali theologian Ibn Taymiyyah—the book was a dangerous innovation, a compendium of sorcery ( siḥr ). These critics labeled al‑Būnī a misguided "devil worshipper" and declared the book forbidden [4†L27-L29]. Over the centuries, this controversy has only intensified, making the Shams al‑Ma‘arif both an object of deep fascination and active suppression.