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In this study, Küçük ʿĀshiq Muhammad al-Ḵh̲ālidī an-Naḳshbandi’s work called “Miftāḥu kanz al-asrār” will be discussed. Küçük ʿĀshiq Muhammad is successor of Mawlānā Ḵh̲ālid Naḳshbandi. He is the shaykh in the dervish lodge made built by Egypt governor and he guided his disciples and people around him. There are subjects including sayr and sulūk, the divine knowledge and great features of Naḳshbandiyya in Küçük ʿĀshiq Muhammad’s work. He emphasized two issues in the period of sayr and sulūk: Dhikr and shaykh. The disciples recommend two kinds of dhikr in the sulūk of Naḳshbandi. These are the “ism-i zat/dhāt's name” and the “nafy u isbāt.” Küçük ʿĀshiq Muhammad has noted the importance of the shaykh in his work. According to him, the shaykh who will purify the nafs of disciples should be completed his sulūk, or his sulūk should be completed in “Uwaysī” way. One of the main topics of the work is divine knowledge. The shaykh mentioned subjects such as how to get divine knowledge and whether or not to say this knowledge in this work. In addition, he gives information about the great morals of Naḳshbandis. He praised the Naḳshbandis and drew attention to their good features. The aim of this article is to bring out the ideas of a Naḳshbandi-Ḵh̲ālidī shaykh within the context of this work. It was concluded that the shaykh’s work resembled the works written by Naḳshbandi shaykhs.

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