Binyamin Abrahamov is Emeritus Professor, Department of Arabic at Bar Ilan University. He has published five books including Divine Love in Islamic Mysticism (Routledge, 2003) and his research interests focus on Islamic Theology, Philosophy, Mysticism and Qur'anic exegesis.

Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Fu¿¿¿ al ¿ikam 2. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Expiration Exists in the Essence of Seth 3. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Transcendence Exists in the Essence of Noah 4. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Holiness Exists in the Essence of Idr¿s 5. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Excessive Love Exists in the Essence of Abraham 6. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Reality Exists in the Essence of Isaac 7. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Loftiness Exists in the Essence of Ishmael 8. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Spirituality Exists in the Essence of Jacob 9. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Light Exists in the Essence of Joseph 10. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Unity Exists in the Essence of H¿d 11. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Opening Exists in the Essence of ¿¿li¿ 12. The Bezel of the Wisdom of the Heart Exists in the Essence of Shu¿ayb 13. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Spiritual Power Exists in the Essence of Lot 14. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Predetermination Exists in the Essence of Ezra 15. The Bezel of the Prophetic Wisdom Exists in the Essence of Jesus 16. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Mercy Exists in the Essence of Solomon 17. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Existence Exists in the Essence of David 18. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Breath Exists in the Essence of Jonah 19. The Bezel of the Wisdom of the Unseen Exists in the Essence of Job 20. The Bezel of the Wisdom of the Majesty Exists in the Essence of John (Yäy¿) 21. The Bezel of the Wisdom of the Dominion1 Exists in the Essence of Zakarriy¿ 22. The Bezel of the Wisdom of the Intimacy Exists in the Essence of Elias 23. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Virtue Exists in the Essence of Luqm¿n 24. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Leadership Exists in the Essence of Aaron 25. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Exaltation Exists in the Essence of Moses 26. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Recourse Exists in the Essence of Kh¿lid 27. The Bezel of the Wisdom of Uniqueness Exists in the Essence of Mu¿ammad References Index