Panj Resaleh-ye Horufiyeh

• Persian Title: پنج رساله حروفیه
• Transliterated Title: Panj risāla-yi ḥurūfiyya
• English Title: Five Hurufi Treatises
• Author: Sayyid Sharīf (9th century A.H.)
• Editor: Walī Qayṭarānī
• Language: Persian
• ISBN: 978-600-203-146-4
• Publication Year: 2017
• Pages: 161
• Format: PDF
• Category: Islamic Sciences and Religion
• Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 312

【Summary】

This volume brings together five treatises by Sayyid Sharīf, one of the successors (khalīfas) of Fażl Allāh Ḥurūfī in the ninth century A.H. The collection includes works on: the philosophy of prayer based on the numbers 28 and 32; the etymology and significance of sabʿ al-mathānī; the relationship between the disjointed letters (ḥurūf al-muqaṭṭaʿāt) and acts of worship; a commentary on the first fifty verses of the ʿArsh-nāma; and a Taḥqīq-nāma.

As their titles indicate, these treatises elucidate core Hurufi beliefs, particularly the founder’s distinctive and often radical views regarding the symbolic meanings of the numbers 28 (Arabic letters) and 32 (Persian letters), their connection to the Qurʾānic disjointed letters, and their manifestation in the human form. The texts further explore the reflection of the human countenance within the cosmos, presenting a characteristic Hurufi synthesis of letter mysticism, numerology, and anthropology. The present edition offers reliable access to key doctrinal writings of Hurufism in Persian.