Lot 159 SHUMUS AL-ANWAR WA KUNUZ AL-ASRAR AL-KUBRA
Arabic manuscript on paper, 115 leaves, with 3 fly-leaves, each page with 19 lines, written in black naskh script, titles and catchwords in red ink, talismanic tables, talismanic letters and numbers, ruled in deep red binding.
Catalogue note:
(Suns of Lights and the Great Treasures of Secrets)
An enigmatic and richly layered manuscript, Shumūs al-Anwār wa Kunūz al-Asrār al-Kubrá stands as one of the most compelling works in the corpus of Islamic esoterica. Attributed to the North African mystic and scholar Muhammad ibn al-Hajj al-Tilimsani, this 14th-century treatise unfolds as a luminous tapestry of divine names, arcane invocations, talismanic diagrams, and the secret correspondences believed to govern the unseen worlds.
Infused with elements of Sufi metaphysics and occult practice, the text is a reflection of its era’s intense fascination with the spiritual sciences—where revelation met cosmology, and geometry danced with prayer. It draws from a long tradition of ʿilm al-ḥurūf (the science of letters), numerology, and astral knowledge, offering the reader both ritual guidance and symbolic insight.
A coveted item among bibliophiles and collectors of mystical manuscripts, this work echoes with the timeless pursuit of hidden wisdom and the human desire to bridge the visible and invisible realms.