A work in two parts which treats topics of theology and Sufism. The first part focuses on articles of faith (ʿaqāʾid), including matters regarding afterlife.
The second part focuses on the spiritual director and the disciple.
Al-Qudsī’s most voluminous work,
it is a rebuttal of false religious schools and paths. Al-Qudsī puts particular focus on the what he terms as the ḥulūliyyah, ibāḥiyyah, and malāmiyyah. He details his personal experiences
with the ibāḥiyyah and the ḥurūfiyyah whilst in Konya.
A work in three parts on the teacher-student relationship, the sciences and their classification. The first part focuses on the qualities a student must have;
the second part focuses on those of the teacher; the third part concentrates on the sciences, their virtues and benefits. The work also includes a conclusion which
centers on the Qur’anic episode of Khidr and Moses. The entire work relies heavily on al-Ghazālī’s Iḥyāʾ ʿulūm al-dīn. It was composed in 854 in Konya.
A work on the Sufi journey, stations and concepts, with a focus on union with
God. Completed in 833, it is
probably one of al-Qudsī’s first works, to which he frequently refers in his other
works. The author’s copy is located at the Istanbul University Library.
