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prepared on the first two volumes. A French translation and critical examination of these first two volumes (epistles one to forty) from the Epistles of Wisdom was published in 2007 by Daniel de Smet who has provided a doctrinal introduction, notes, a description and inventory of the manuscripts and studies of their contents and characteristics.
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writers in Lebanon in 1986 as part of the highly controversial "The Hard Truth" series which included several anti-Druze, anti-Alawite and anti-Islamic books and was banned by the authorities for containing misleading information and hate speech, also an unpublished dissertation by David Bryer was
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epistles concerning other faiths and philosophies that were present during that time and towards individuals who were considered renegades or those who tried to distort and tarnish the reputation of the faith and its teachings such as the "Answering the
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in 1479 AD. According to oral traditions there were originally twenty-four books. Eighteen are reasonably assumed to have been lost, hidden or destroyed. Epistle number six is dated earliest and was written in July 1017 AD by
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He who withholds divine knowledge from those who are worthy of it, will indeed desecrate what he has been entrusted with and will commit sacrilege against his religion;
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Les Epitres Sacrees Des Druzes Rasa'il Al-hikma: Introduction, Edition Critique Et Traduction Annotee Des Traites Attribues a Hamza B. 'ali Et Isma'il At-tamimi
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Traboulsi, Samer., Journal of the American Oriental Society, Article, Les Epitres sacrees des Druzes: Rasa il al-Hikma, volumes 1 et 2, July-Sept, 2009.
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and he is specifically mentioned as the author of thirty more epistles in the first two books. Epistles 109 and 110 are dated latest, written by
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If human minds would be given the knowledge of God without any familiarization and gradation, those human minds would swoon and fall down.
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in 1042 AD. Epistles 36 to 40 are attributed to Isma'il al-Tamimi ibn Muhammad. The first epistle opens with the goodbye message from
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and contain one hundred eleven epistles in total. They are organised into six books first compiled by one of the greatest Druze
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nature of the faith led to the restriction of access, inquiry and investigation from even their own uninitiated Druze known as
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and the conviction of him who divulges it to those who are not deserving will be diverted from following the truth.
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Believing in the non-existence negates existence as such. It is a way that leads to unbelief, atheism, and denial.
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Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de Sacy, Expose de la Religion des Druzes (Paris, 1838; republ. Amsterdam, 1964)
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Protect divine knowledge from those who do not deserve it and do not withhold it from those who are deserving.
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Hitti, Philip K., Origins of the Druze People and Religion, CHAPTER V, DRUZE THEOLOGY AND ITS SOURCES, 1928.
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caused some of these texts to fall into the hands of academics. Other original manuscripts are held in the
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I enjoin you to safeguard your fellow men. In safeguarding them your faith reaches perfection.
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With regards the unity of God and how to remain in a state of peace of mind and contentment (
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al-Hakim and his doctrines. These display a notable form of Arabic Neoplatonism blended with
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Protect yourselves from ignorance with the help of the knowledge of the unity of our Lord...
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O you who are distracted, how can he who is devoid of his corporeal means obtain knowledge?
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and will return one day and reveal the Druze wisdom to the world in order to inaugurate a
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And how can they settle in their origin, and yet have a life and procure their pleasures?
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O you who are heedless, how can he who abandoned his sensual faculty reach ignorance?
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Conférences de M. Daniel De Smet., Université Catholique de Louvain, p.149, 2008.
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The texts provide insight into Druze beliefs about the incorporation of the
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Dana, N. (2010). The'Banu Ma'ruf'of the Levant–Druze Identity and Religion.
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Minorities in the Middle East: a history of struggle and self-expression
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The Nuṣayr−i-ʻalaw−i Religion: An Enquiry Into Its Theology and Liturgy
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The Nuṣayr−i-ʻalaw−i Religion: An Enquiry Into Its Theology and Liturgy
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Scripture must therefore be protected from those who do not deserve it.
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Regarding the secrecy of the epistles of wisdom, Hamza ibn Ali wrote
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And O you who are perplexed, how can the souls exist by themselves?
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in 11th century Egypt, when the deity showed itself to men through
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The Druze faith pp. 54-55 from the Epistles of Wisdom - Epistle 75
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Me'ir Mikha'el Bar-Asher; Gauke de Kootstra; Arieh Kofsky (2002).
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Me'ir Mikha'el Bar-Asher; Gauke de Kootstra; Arieh Kofsky (2002).
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The Druze faith p. 100 from the Epistles of Wisdom - Epistle 33
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The Druze faith p. 61 from the Epistles of Wisdom - Epistle 35
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D. De Smet; Ismāʻīl Tamīmī; Ḥamzah ibn ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad (2007).
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The Druze faith p.44 from the Epistles of Wisdom - Epistle 30
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The Druzes: a new study of their history, faith, and society
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that to the uninitiated is hard to understand and includes
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On the concept of reincarnation and the universal soul,
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and the previously lost (or hidden) manuscripts such as
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The Druze religious establishment's interpretation of
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The full Druze canon or Druze scripture includes the
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The epistles contain philosophical discourses about
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Index

Druze
Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad
Baha al-Din al-Muqtana
Arabic
a series
Druze
The Druze Star
Al-Muwahhidun
Ahl at-Tawhid
Reincarnation
Theophany
Esotericism
Divine Call
Seven Druze pillars
Taqiya
Walayah
Shu'ayb
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
Hamza ibn Ali
Al-Darazi
Baha al-Din al-Muqtana
Al-Tanukhi
Epistles of Wisdom
Mount Druze
Shrine of Shu'ayb
Khalwat
Eid al-Adha
Ziyara
Tanukh (Buhtur) dynasty
Ma'n dynasty

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