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Bayan al-Sa‘ada fi Maqamat al-‘Ibada (Arabic: The Elucidation of Felicity concerning the Stations of Worship) is an exegesis on the Qur'an by Ni'matullāhī Sufi leader Sultan ‘Ali Shah in Arabic.1This 19th century commentary is believed to be marking an epoch in the history of modern Shi'i Sufism by serving as a hermeneutic bridge between the pre-modern and modern stages of Shi‘i mystical exegesis The Institute of Ismaili Studies: Qur’anic Studies Lecture on Shi‘i Tafsir Classification and Sultan‘alishah’s Bayan al-Sa‘ada2
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Bayan al-Saʽada fi Maqamat al-ʽIbada (Arabic: The Elucidation of Felicity concerning the Stations of Worship) is an exegesis on the Qur'an by Ni'matullāhī Sufi leader Sultan ʽAli Shah in Arabic.
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exegesis on the qur'an by ni'matullāhī sufi leader sultan ‘ali shah in arabic
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exegesis on the qur'an by ni'matullāhī sufi leader sultan ʽ
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