Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyidī ʿabd Al-ʿazīz Al-Dabbāgh

Al-Dhahab Al-Ibrīz Min Kalām Sayyidī ʿabd Al-ʿazīz Al-Dabbāgh
Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-16415-4
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 994 Seiten, Format (B × H): 175 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1928 g

Reihe: Basic Texts of Islamic Mysticism

Around 1720 in Fez Ahmad b. al-Mubarak al-Lamati, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Dabbagh. Al-Dabbagh shunned religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Muhammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the Qur'an, hadiths and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the Ibriz, describes how al-Dabbagh 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 men’s bodies, Adam’s creation, Barzakh, Paradise and Hell, and much more besides.
This ‘encyclopaedia’ 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Kane, John

Radtke, Bernd

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien

Über Autor(innen)

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-‘Ärefin) 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.