Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Author of al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
2. Al-Jami's Works
3. Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
4. 'Abd al-Ghafur al-Lari, the Author of the Commentary on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
5. Other Commentaries on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah
6. The Arabic Texts
7. The Establishment of the Texts
8. Notes on the Signs and Symbols Used

Notes to the Introduction

The Translation of al-Jami's al-Durrah al-Fakhirah

Preface [on the Existence of the Necessary Existent]
Ramification [on the Sufi Doctrine of the Unity of Existence]
Analogy
On His Unity
On His Attributes in General
On His Knowledge
Further Substantiation [of the Sufi Position]
That His Knowledge of His Essence is the Source of His Knowledge of All Other Things
On His Will
On His Power
On the Question of Whether an Eternal Effect Can Depend on a Free Agent or Not
On His Speech
That His Contingent Being has No Power
On the Emanation of Multiplicity from Unity

Notes to the Translation of al-Durrah al-Fakhirah

The Translation of al-Jami's Glosses on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah

Notes to the Translation of al-Jami's Glosses

The Translation of al-Lari's Commentary on al-Durrah al-Fakhirah

Notes to the Translation of al-Lari's Commentary

List of Works and Articles Cited

Glossary of Terms