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Title: Anwār al-daqā'iq
Full Title: Anwār al-daqā'iq fī kashf asrār al-raqā'iq
Author: Shams al-Dīn al-Sumatra'ī
Place, Date of Birth: None, None
Place, Date of Dead: Aceh, 1630
Place of Activity: Aceh
Language: Malay
Script: Jawi
Subject Matter: Sufism
Genre: Prose
Date of Autograph (century): 17
Notes: This work gives the explanation on Sufism, especially on manifestation (martabat tajalli), God’s Being (wujud Allah), God’s Essence (Dhat Allah), and The Prophet Muhammad. The writer refers the explanation to the Tuhfat al-Mursalah of Syekh Muhammad ibn Faḍl Allah al-Burhanpuri. He also worked on the translation of its Arabic terms into Malay. According to Shaghir Abdullah, the significance of this work lies in the availability of Sufi Arabic terms in Malay.