The Essence of RealityA groundbreaking exposition of Islamic mysticism The Essence of Reality was written over the course of just three days in 514 1120, by a scholar who was just twenty four. The text, like its author Ayn al Qut, is remarkable for many reasons, not least of which that it is in all likelihood the earliest philosophical exposition of mysticism in the Islamic intellectual tradition. This important work would go on to exert significant influence on both