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Pure Gold from the Words of SayyidÄ« Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿AzÄ«z al-DabbÄgh
Al-Dhahab al-IbrÄ«z min KalÄm SayyidÄ« Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿AzÄ«z al-DabbÄgh
Series: - Basic Texts of Islamic Mysticism, Volume: 1
Around 1720 in Fez Aḥmad b. al-MubÄrak al-Lamaá¹Ä«, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿AzÄ«z al-DabbÄgh. Al-DabbÄgh shunned religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Muḥammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the QurʾÄn, ḥadÄ«ths and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the IbrÄ«z, describes how al-DabbÄgh attained illumination and access to the Prophet, as well as his teachings about the Council of the godly that regulates the world, relations between master and disciple, the darkness in menâs bodies, Adamâs creation, Barzakh, Paradise and Hell, and much more besides.
This âencyclopaediaâ of Sufism with its many teaching stories and illustrations provides a window onto social life and religious ideas in Fez a generation or so before powerful outside forces began to play a role in the radical transformation of Morocco.
This âencyclopaediaâ of Sufism with its many teaching stories and illustrations provides a window onto social life and religious ideas in Fez a generation or so before powerful outside forces began to play a role in the radical transformation of Morocco.
John O'Kane, B.A. (1963) in Classics, Princeton University, is an independent scholar. His translations include The Secrets of God's Mystical Oneness (Mazda, 1992), Fritz Meier, Essays on Islamic Piety and Mysticism (Brill, 1999) and The Feats of the Knowers of God (ManÄqeb al-âÄrefin) by Shams al-DÄ«n AhÌ£mad-e AflÄkÄ« (Brill, 2002).
Bernd Radtke(born 1944) has taught at the universities of Basel, Bergen (Norway) and Utrecht. His field of specialization is Islamic cultural and intellectual history (Geistesgeschichte), in particular Islamic mysticism.
Bernd Radtke(born 1944) has taught at the universities of Basel, Bergen (Norway) and Utrecht. His field of specialization is Islamic cultural and intellectual history (Geistesgeschichte), in particular Islamic mysticism.
"[...] a treasure trove of information..This translation will undoubtedly expand scholarly awareness of this little-read but influential book, which reflects a still understudied period in the development of Sufi thought and practice." - Valerie J. Hoffman, in: Islamic Africa, 2010