| Item | Details | |------|---------| | | نِهَايَةُ ٱلْعَالَمِ (Nihāyat al‑ʿĀlam) | | English Approximation | “The End of the World” or “The Ultimate End of All Things” | | Genre | Classical Islamic‑Sufi treatise / spiritual manual | | Era | 17th‑century (written in the Mughal period) | | Author | Shah Abdul Rahim Nazarī (also known as Shah Abdul Rahim Bakhshi). He was a prominent Sufi master of the Naqshbandi‑Mujaddidi order in the Indian sub‑continent. | | Language | Classical Urdu (written in a heavily Persian‑inflected style) with many Arabic citations. | | Manuscript Tradition | Survives in several handwritten copies housed in libraries of Lucknow, Delhi, and the British Library (London). The most widely circulated printed edition is the 1906 Lucknow edition (published by the Maktabah‑e‑Jamia press). | | Subject Matter | A concise guide to the spiritual stations (maqāmāt) of the Sufi path, with a particular focus on ḥāl , dhikr , tazkiyah‑nafs (self‑purification), and the ultimate “ending” of worldly attachments. It blends Qur’anic exegesis, Hadith, poetry, and personal anecdotes. |
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