al-Nādirāt al-‘Ayniyya by ‘Abdul Karīm al-Jīliy  (d. 826 H.) is considered as one of the masterpieces of Sufi Poetry. A long poem comprising 534 lines of engaging Sufi expression. The book presents the authenticated text of the poem collated with fives manuscripts, with selections from ‘Abdul Ghaniy al-Nābulsiy’s (d. 1143 H.). The author provides comprehensive marginal notes of the terms and subtle Sufi concepts that al-Jīliy conveys in his work, and the ones discussed by al-Nābulsiy in his interpretation known as al-Ma‘ārif al-Ghaybiyya fī Šarh al-‘Ayniyya al-Jīliyya- ‘The Unseen Knowledge in the Interpretation of the al-‘Ayniyya by al-Jīliy.’

Number of pages: 251.

Dar al-Jil, Beirut, 1988.
Second edition: Dar al-Shurouq, Cairo, 2009