Al-Qushayri and the Risala

القشيري والرسالة

A trail through the man who codified Sufism.

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Persia & Central Asia
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Walk this pathway

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  1. The shaykh

    أبو القاسم القشيري: نيسابور القرن الخامس.

    Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri · Nishapur

  2. The Risala

    التراجم والمقامات: منهج الطريقة.

    Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri · Tasawwuf

  3. The context

    نيسابور الحديثية: صوفي السنة.

    Nishapur · Tasawwuf

  4. The legacy

    من الرسالة إلى الإحياء: خط الغزالي.

    Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din · Abu Hamid al-Ghazali

  5. The scholars

    أبو نصر بن القشيري يكمل النسب.

    Abu Nasr ibn al-Qushayri · Nishapur

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Overview

A path through the man who gathered Sufism in a book: Abd al-Karim al-Qushayri writes his Risala in Nishapur, the constitution of the way for a thousand years.

Sources

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islam.museum contributors. “Al-Qushayri and the Risala”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/exhibits/path-qushayri/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.

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