--- page_title: "Mudih al-Tariq: The Divine Names Manuscript of al-Buni" summary: "Al-Buni on the 99 names of God: Mudih al-Tariq in English, 571 pages and 80 chapters on the divine names, from Allah and al-Samad to al-Wahhab and al-Ghani." html_url: https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/mudih-al-tariq.html text_url: https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/mudih-al-tariq.md revised: 2026-10-24 publisher: John Friend Publishing series: "Al-Buni Manuscripts Collection" volume: "Volume VII" formats: - "Kindle $149.95" - "Paperback $149.95" --- ![Mudih al-Tariq English translation book cover with the Arabic title مضيح الطريق وأصل التحقيق: The Clarifier of the Path, on the divine names, their meanings, and the stations of spiritual wayfaring, by Ahmad ibn Ali al-Buni, translated from Arabic by John Friend](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/assets/book_covers/buni_07_mudih_tariq.jpg) Volume VII — Al-Buni Manuscripts Collection # Mudih al-Tariq — The Divine Names Manuscript of al-Buni مضيح الطريق Translated by John Friend · 571 pages · Vol. VII Free with Kindle Unlimited English translation of al-Buni's *Mudih al-Tariq* — a massive work on the divine names across 80 chapters, each devoted to a single name or a pair of names. Each name is treated with its properties, invocation methods, and operative applications. The most comprehensive treatment of divine name practice in the Bunianum corpus. Kindle **$149.95** · Paperback **$149.95** Formats: - [Buy on Amazon — Kindle](https://urlgeni.us/amazon/Ues4Gm) - [Buy on Amazon — Paperback](https://urlgeni.us/amazon/mgEql4) - [Read Free Sample](https://read.amazon.com/sample/B0H2QBLDZF?clientId=share) [Bookstores & libraries: order wholesale direct from the publisher](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/wholesale.html) ## What's Inside - The definitive treatise on the divine names — the meaning of each name explained, from Allah and al-Samad to al-Wahhab and al-Ghani. - Mathematical-mystical relationships between numbers and divine names, the theoretical core of the entire system. - The most comprehensive divine-name work in the al-Buni corpus — 571 pages on the meanings of the names and the stations of spiritual wayfaring. - A text that makes the divine-name chapters of the *Shams al-Ma'arif* look like an introduction. ## Al-Buni on the 99 Names of God *Mudih al-Tariq* (مضيح الطريق وأصل التحقيق) is the divine names manuscript of the Al-Buni Manuscripts Collection. Its full title is *Mudih al-Tariq wa-Asl al-Tahqiq*, and the cover of this edition describes it as a work “on the divine names, their meanings, and the stations of spiritual wayfaring.” One of the [Ahmad al-Buni manuscripts](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/collection.html) translated for the series, it is attributed to Ahmad ibn Ali al-Buni and translated here in full. ### Eighty Chapters, from Allah to al-Ghani After an opening Counsel to the Seeking Wayfarers, the book moves through 80 chapters, each devoted to a single name or a pair of names. It begins with the name Allah, then the One, al-Samad, al-Hayy, and al-Qayyum, and closes with al-Ghani and a final chapter on the names “He begets not, and He is not begotten.” Paired chapters include al-Qabid and al-Basit, al-Zahir and al-Batin, and al-Awwal and al-Akhir. ### “One Hundred Less One”: The Hadith of the Names Early on, the book cites the Prophetic saying that “God has ninety-nine names, one hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters the Garden.” This is the list known as the 99 names of Allah, also called Allah ke 100 naam in Hindi and Urdu. For how al-Buni's chapters compare with that familiar list, read [The 99 Names of God: What Al-Buni Actually Wrote](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/articles/99-names-of-god-what-al-buni-actually-wrote.html). Individual chapters go deep on single names. Chapter Twenty-Eight presents al-Wahhab as “the subtle giver who is beyond compensations.” Chapter Forty-Eight pairs al-Qabid and al-Basit, the Contractor and the Expander, teaching that from contraction fear is born, and from expansion hope and intimacy. ### Ayat al-Kursi and the Throne Al-Hayy and al-Qayyum, the two names in the opening line of Ayat al-Kursi (the Throne Verse), each receive a chapter of their own, and the book quotes the verse's line “His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth” in its discussion of the Throne and the Footstool. For a chapter on the properties of the Throne Verse itself, see Chapter Eighteen of [Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra](https://johnfriendpublishing.com/books/al-buni-manuscripts-collection/shams-al-maarif-al-kubra.html). ## Mudih al-Tariq: Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Mudih al-Tariq? Mudih al-Tariq wa-Asl al-Tahqiq is a treatise attributed to Ahmad ibn Ali al-Buni on the divine names, their meanings, and the stations of spiritual wayfaring. This 571-page English translation is Volume VII of the Al-Buni Manuscripts Collection. ### How does al-Buni treat the 99 names of God in Mudih al-Tariq? After an opening Counsel to the Seeking Wayfarers, the book gives 80 chapters to single divine names or pairs of names, beginning with Allah and ending with al-Ghani and the names “He begets not, and He is not begotten.” It cites the saying that God has ninety-nine names, “one hundred less one,” and explains the meaning of each name it treats. ### What does Mudih al-Tariq mean? The cover of this English edition reads The Clarifier of the Path. Its full Arabic form is Mudih al-Tariq wa-Asl al-Tahqiq. ### Does Mudih al-Tariq discuss Ayatul Kursi? It quotes the line of Ayatul Kursi “His Footstool encompasses the heavens and the earth” and gives chapters to al-Hayy and al-Qayyum, the two names in the verse's opening line. A full chapter on the properties of the Throne Verse appears in Shams al-Ma'arif al-Kubra, Chapter Eighteen. ### Is Mudih al-Tariq on Kindle Unlimited? Yes. The Kindle edition is included in Kindle Unlimited, and the 571-page paperback sells for $149.95 on Amazon. 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