About the edition
About this English edition
The Epistles of Wisdom (Rasāʾil al-Ḥikma) are presented here as 111 historical texts in English. This edition is based primarily on the seventh Arabic edition of Rasāʾil al-Ḥikma, published by Dār li-Ajl al-Maʿrifa in 1986, with the title-page imprint “Diyār ʿAql—Lebanon” (ديار عقل - لبنان). Open the exact Arabic source scan (PDF).
The text was prepared with AI assistance and edited through repeated Arabic-source fidelity and English-language review. The nineteenth-century French study of Silvestre de Sacy was consulted sparingly as an earlier interpretive comparison and did not serve as the primary source of translation.
Terms such as tawḥīd, Qāʾim, dāʿī, ḥujja, nāṭiq and asās can have specialized meanings. English readings reflect the surrounding epistles without claiming to resolve every doctrinal question. Historical polemics and quotations belong to the original writers, not to the editor.
The corresponding English PDF and TXT are available on the reader homepage.
Cite this edition
JH. (2026). Epistles of Wisdom (Rasāʾil al-Ḥikma): Complete English Translation (Version 31). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24104787
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