Kashf Al Mahjub | Unveiling of the Unseen Volume XII

Shaikh Ali Al Hujwiri (رحمتہ اللہ علیہ)

The book ‘Unveiling of the Unseen’ (كشف المحجوب) was written by Shaikh Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Uthman Al-Jullabi Al-Hujwiri (1010- 1072 CE) (رحمتہ اللہ علیه) who was an Islamic Scholar of Junaidi Sufi order. This is the second well known treatise on Sufism written before the birth of Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani (1077-1166) (رضئ اللہ تعالی عنہ). This book was written in Persian when Shaikh Al-Hujwiri was residing in Lahore around the middle of eleventh century. Since then, it has been translated into many languages. Shaikh mentioned that he wrote this book on the recommendation of a resident of Lahore, Abu Sa’id Al-Hujwiri, who was very close to him. Shaikh has avoided philosophical and intellectual discussions in the book and advises the readers to follow the Quran and Sunnah as far as possible as no one is exempt from the obligation of following Islamic Sharia. The book elaborates all the phases of the path of Sufism in a simple understanding way.