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Under the Falcon's Wing: The Destiny of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī

by Belkacem Bouasria Ouldabderrahmane
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798253149904
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 288
  • Original Price: GBP 15.74
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 386 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Islam / Sufi

Under the Falcon's Wing: The Destiny of ʿAbd al-Qādir is a spiritual biographical novel devoted to one of the greatest figures of Islamic mysticism: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī (1077-1166), the master of Baghdad, Hanbali jurist, spiritual guide, and founder of the Qadiriyya, one of the most influential Sufi orders in the Muslim world.

Born in Gilan on a night of mystery and divine destiny, the child leaves his homeland at an early age for Baghdad, the city of knowledge. There he studies the Qur'an, hadith, fiqh, and the great religious sciences before withdrawing into the desert for a long inward struggle against the ego, hunger, solitude, and illusion. From that hidden journey emerges a transformed man, called to return to humanity not to dominate, but to heal, awaken, console, and transmit.

This book does not simply recount the life of a saint. It follows the inner metamorphosis of a human being who moves from knowledge to wisdom, from Law to Love, from silence to the right word. Through its pages, the reader enters twelfth-century Baghdad: its scholars, its theological debates, its poor quarters, its seekers, its miracles, and the birth of the Qadiriyya as a path of mercy, discipline, and spiritual awakening.

Blending historical fiction, spiritual narrative, Sufi symbolism, and poetic meditation, Under the Falcon's Wing offers an immersive journey into the world of Islamic spirituality, classical Sufism, Muslim mysticism, and the inner life of one of Islam's most revered saints. The falcon, the novel's central symbol, represents the liberated spirit, the soul in ascent, and the mysterious fidelity of the heart to divine light.

Written in a luminous, meditative, and evocative style, this novel speaks both to readers interested in the history of Sufism, the lives of Muslim saints, Islamic philosophy, mystical literature, and the spiritual heritage of Baghdad, and to those simply seeking a profound, beautiful, and uplifting book.

In these pages, readers will discover:
the life of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī,
a major Sufi biographical novel,
a vivid portrait of medieval Baghdad,
a meditation on faith, poverty, mercy, truth, and inner transformation,
and a literary voice that seeks less to explain than to awaken.

Under the Falcon's Wing is an invitation into a world where knowledge matters only if it transforms the heart, where sainthood is not privilege but self-emptying, and where light continues to pass, century after century, from soul to soul.

Perfect for readers of Sufi books, Islamic historical novels, spiritual fiction, books on Muslim saints, and works exploring faith, mysticism, and inner awakening

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