Sacred Archery

Mustafa Kani

Paperback

9780955087226

 

Telhis-i resailat-i rumat, translated from Ottoman Turkish

 

Including the Forty Prophetic Traditions on Archery from the Kitab of Abdullah Effendi

 

Select Contents:

 

• Archery Terminology

 

• Woods from which bows and arrows are made

 

• Masters of archery and their techniques

 

• S'ad Ibn Abi Waqqas

 

• The Art of Archery and the Holy Quran

 

• Ibn Arabi's Explanation

 

• The Mystery of the Qabze (Bowgrip)

 

• Sayings About the Thumb Lock

 

• The Archer's Stance for Aiming and Shooting

 

• The Siper and Sighting

 

• Concerning Training

 

• Haki and Pisrev Arrows

 

• Ceremony of the Receiving of the Qabze

 

• The Divine Names of al-Wahid and al-Ahad