A thirteenth/eighteenth century Quranic commentary on the chapters of The all-merciful, The event, and Iron from The immense ocean : al-Baḥr al-madīd / by Ahmad ibn ʻAjībah ; translated and annotated by Mohamed Fouad Aresmouk and Michael Abdurrahman Fitzgerald.

Author
Ibn ʻAjībah, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 1747 or 1748-1809 [Browse]
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Book
Language
  • English
  • Arabic
Published/​Created
Louisville, KY : Fons Vitae, 2009.
Description
xxviii, 168 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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    Summary note
    Providing commentary on three oft-recited chapters of the Holy Qur'an, this excerpt of the discourse by 18th-century mystic and scholar Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba presents both an example of Islamic erudition based on traditional sources as well as insight into his own personal journey of discovery. Each verse is given an exoteric explanation as well as related with an esoteric commentary to the mystic path of Islam, Sufism. This volume shows not only to how educated Muslims have understood the dominant themes of these three chapters since the earliest days of Islam but also to how traditional Sufic sources have viewed the same themes in respect to the microcosm of the soul and the journey towards God.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-168) and indexes.
    Action note
    Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
    Language note
    Translated from the Arabic; English with some Arabic words.
    Other title(s)
    • Immense ocean
    • Baḥr al-madīd
    Subtitle on cover
    • Thirteenth century Quranic commentary on the chapters of The all-merciful, The event, and Iron
    ISBN
    • 9781891785283 (pbk.)
    • 1891785281 (pbk.)
    OCLC
    318673411
    RCP
    H - S
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