Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya

Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya
Al-Qusharyri's Epistle on Sufism
EditorsDr. Muhammad Eissa, Laleh Bakhtiar, 'Abd al-Halim Mahmud
AuthorAbu al-Qasim al-Qushayri
Original titleالرسالة القشيرية في علم التصوف
TranslatorProfessor Alexander D. Knysh
LanguageArabic, English, French, German, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu
SubjectSufism, Tabaqat, Kalam (Islamic theology)
PublisherSuhail Academy Lahore, Mizan Press, Kazi Publications
Publication date
2011
Publication placePersia (present-day Iran)
Pages480 pages
ISBN978-9695191828
Followed byLata'if al-Isharat (Subtleties of the Allusions) 

Al-Risala al-Qushayriyya fi 'Ilm al-Tasawwuf (Arabic: الرسالة القشيرية في علم التصوف, lit.'The Qushayriyyan Epistle on the Science of Sufism'), mostly known as al-Risala al-Qushayriyya (The Treatise of al-Qushayri), is one of the early complete manuals of the science of Sufism (tasawwuf in Arabic), written by the Shafi'i-Ash'ari scholar Abu al-Qasim al-Qushayri (d. 465/1074). It was written in 438/1045–6 and has been published in several editions and translated in various languages, including English, French, German, Persian, Turkish, and Urdu. It became the most widely disseminated handbook of Sufism in the Islamic world.