Correspondence is a significant part of Arabic Islamic heritage. Some renowned scholars have dedicated chaptersof their works to cover this field- such as al-Qalqašandiy’s book Subh al-‘Ašā fī Sinā‘t al-Inšā; “The Night-Blind’s Morning in the Composition Craft”. Eventually, it evolved into an independent genre of writing, as described by Hājī Khalīfa in Kashf al-Znūn;  “Revealing of Assumptions”: Correspondence is a branch of the art of writing. It is a science that gives an account of the status of the corresponders and correspondence, regarding the literary style and the jargon of each group, and concerning the statements that should be avoided. In the art of writing, many works have tackled it.

 Nevertheless, our main interest is the correspondence between outstanding ‘ulama’ and famous figures in Arabic heritage. Thus, we have included the unabridged texts of the original correspondence manuscripts. .

• Click on one of the names, a brief introduction of the corresponders.

• Click on the manuscript text to activate it.

• The various topics of the correspondence, an ample introduction of the corresponders, accurate authorization of manuscripts, content analysis and other related subjects are undergoing scientific investigation to be published in a pictorial volume and on CD, by the coming year.

• We are very keen to present the full texts to the reader to give him/her an insight into what the predecessors wrote about, how they corresponded and what they were concerned with.