Dream of the Messenger ﷺ: On the Means of Attaining a Vision of the Messenger ﷺ, Its Reality and Interpretation

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Dream of the Messenger ﷺ presents a translation of Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nābulusī’s رحمه الله Izālat al-Khafāʾ, a concise account of the life (sīrah) and distinctive qualities (shamāʾil) of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, followed by a discussion of the reality of seeing the Messenger ﷺ in dreams and visions, and its interpretation.

As Shaykh ʿAbd al-Ghanī explains, in the introduction, the work was composed to help the believer form an image of the Prophet ﷺ in the mind’s eye, with the hope of attaining the honour of seeing him ﷺ.

The edition also includes the forty methods for seeing the Prophet ﷺ in a vision, set out in Shaykh Yūsuf al-Nabhānī’s renowned Saʿādat al-Dārayn. These are accompanied by extensive explanatory and devotional footnotes, together with a foreword by Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Shaʿār and an introduction to the subject.

The original Arabic source material is included in an appendix, prepared from three manuscript witnesses, while the benedictions are presented in both Arabic and transliteration.

The work is enriched by extensive footnotes drawing upon a wide range of classical and later sources, including Sīrah Ibn Hishām, al-Qasṭallānī’s al-Mawāhib al-Ladunniyyah, al-Sīrah al-Ḥalabiyyah, Wasāʾil al-Wuṣūl, al-Nafahāt al-ʿIṭriyyah and numerous other works of sīrah, shamāʾil and Prophetic devotion. Together with the original Arabic material, manuscript-based scholarship and accessible bilingual presentation, this gives the volume both scholarly depth and broad accessibility.

The book is intended for scholars, students and general readers with an interest in Islamic spirituality, Sufism, sīrah and Prophetic devotion. Its devotional subject matter and carefully considered presentation also make it particularly suitable for specialist Islamic booksellers and the gift market.