Follow the life
Begin with the biography and timeline, then teachers, women and the city pages. Continue to Rūḥ al-quds and Shams volume I. Ask who is speaking, when the event occurred, and how the account relates to the book containing it.
Follow the texts
Read the Futūḥāt introduction, then choose a clearly defined subject such as love or time. Record edition and page, consulting the image when quoting. For poetry, read the poem before its commentary. For the Fuṣūṣ, start with the base text and one identifiable commentary before comparing several.
Follow a research question
Begin with attribution and manuscript documentation, then frame a limited question whose vocabulary can be traced. Distinguish quotation, summary and inference in your notes. When moving to modern cosmology and research, identify what comes from the historical text and what the contemporary model adds. Sources gathers the main links.
Related Futūḥāt chapters
Sources and further reading
The source language appears beside each link. External books and sources may remain in their original languages.