{"product_id":"shams-al-maarif-al-kubra-john-friend-9798196703478","title":"Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra: The Complete Sun of Divine Knowledge: Letter Magic, Lunar Mansions, Divine Names, and the Science of Squares","description":"The only complete and unabridged English translation of the most famous Arabic occult text ever written. Attributed to the 13th-century scholar Ahmad ibn Ali al-Buni, Shams al-Maarif al-Kubra (The Greater Sun of Knowledge, or The Sun of Divine Knowledge) is the foundational encyclopedia of Islamic esoteric science, and for centuries its full form has mostly circulated in Arabic among scholars and practitioners. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis translation preserves every magic square, talismanic seal, divine name invocation, ritual, and lunar mansion table in Arabic script alongside ALA-LC transliteration and faithful English rendering. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAcross forty chapters, the text covers the science of the Arabic letters and their numerical values, the properties and operations of each of the ninety-nine Beautiful Names of God, planetary correspondences and celestial timings, the construction and consecration of talismanic squares (awfaq), geomancy and sand divination, the lunar mansions and their spiritual operations, and extensive prayers, invocations, and remembrances for every purpose. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll prayers and invocations are presented in a three-layer format: English translation, ALA-LC transliteration, and the original Arabic script. Over four hundred illustrations, including magic squares, talismanic seals, and geometric diagrams, are reproduced from the original manuscript. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis landmark translation makes seven centuries of closely guarded esoteric knowledge fully accessible to English-speaking researchers, historians of religion, and serious students of the Islamic occult sciences for the first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Friend,Aḥmad Ibn ʿ Al-Būnī\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798196703478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 820\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 8.00w x 1.63d","brand":"John Friend","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48659941785855,"sku":"9798196703478","price":149.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shams-al-maarif-al-kubra-john-friend-9798196703478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}