The Opening and Other Meccan Revelations : Selections from al-Bahar al-Madid
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Abdul Aziz Suraqah
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About The Book
Renowned for its unique style, Ibn Ajiba’s commentary of the Qur’an, Al-Bahr al-Madid (The Vast Ocean) combines traditional exegesis with spiritual contemplation, exploring the inner meanings of the sacred text.
In this companion volume to our inaugural publication Prophetic Grace, Ibn Ajiba explores the outer and inner meanings of the most important and most commonly read chapter of the Qur’an, Sura al-Fatiha, as well as the shorter chapters of the Qur’an that are read daily by children and adults alike, in homes and in mosques throughout the world.
In these selected commentaries, the reader can begin to appreciate the depth and transformative power of what are perhaps the best known chapters of the Qur’an.
Contents
- A Note From The Publisher
- The Life & Legacy of Shaykh Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba
- Surat Al-Fatiha (The Opening)
- Surat Al-Fil (The Elephant)
- Surat Al-Nasr (Victory)
- Surat Al-Masad (Palm Fibre)
- Surat Quraysh (Quraysh)
- Surat Al-Tin (The Fig)
- Surat Al-Ikhlas (Sincerity)
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“The books of Ibn Ajiba are among a special class of works that combine knowledge of the Sharia with spiritual insights that move one’s sentiment and motivate one to action. This volume is critical in that it covers the most oft-recited verses of al-Fatiha and the qisar al-suwwar, the small suras. For this reason, what is between the covers of this work will color our daily worship and assist us along the path of faith.”
Dr .Shadee ElMasry
Safina Society – New Brunswick Islamic Center
“Sidi Ahmed bin Ajiba’s commentary on Surah al-Fatiha opens the reader to a new level of spiritual understanding. Referred to as the Ghazali of his time, Sidi Ahmed is able to fluently express complex spiritual realities with form and coherence.”
Moutasem Atiya
Al-Madina Institute
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About the author
Ahmad ibn Ajiba: A Moroccan scholar, Sufi, and poet, Ahmad ibn Ajiba (1160-1224 AH / 1747-1809 CE) was born in the village of Khamis near Tetouan into a sharifian family of the Anjra tribe along Morocco's Mediterranean coast. A precocious student, he memorized the Qurʾan young and went on to study Arabic grammar, recitation, exegesis, and the religious sciences, first under Muhammad al-Susi al-Samlali and later in Fez under such masters as al-Tawudi ibn Suda. Maliki in law and Ashʿari in creed, he was above all a teacher of the inward sciences, entering the Shadhili-Darqawi order in 1208 AH / 1793 CE through the renewer Mawlay al-Arabi al-Darqawi and serving as a guide in the northern Jbala. His writings, more than thirty in number, range across Qurʾanic exegesis, Sufism, language, and poetry. He is best remembered for al-Bahr al-Madid (The Immense Ocean), a complete Qurʾanic tafsir that weaves together outward legal meaning and inward spiritual allusion, and for Iqaz al-himam, his much-loved commentary on the Hikam of Ibn ʿAtaʾ Allah al-Iskandari. His Miʿraj al-tashawwuf offers a lexicon of Sufi terms, and his autobiography, the Fahrasa, gives a vivid portrait of scholarly life in Tetouan. He died of the plague there in 1224 AH / 1809 CE.
About the translator
Abdul Aziz Suraqah: Abdul Aziz Suraqah is an American Muslim translator, teacher, and author based in Toronto, Canada. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, he embraced Islam as a teenager after reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X, which sparked an enduring engagement with Islamic learning. He pursued traditional Islamic education in Yemen at Dar al-Hadith al-Khayriyya, in Mauritania at the mahdara of Umm al-Qura under the tutelage of Shaykh Muhammad Salim Ould 'Addud, and in Morocco, where he was among the first Western students admitted full-time to the traditional Qur'an school in the remote village of Sidi Ghiyyath. His studies focused on theology, legal theory, Arabic grammar, rhetoric, and literature. Since 1998, he has taught Arabic and Islamic studies, and from 2005 he has dedicated himself to full-time translation from Arabic into English, producing over fifty published and unpublished works. His translations span classical texts in Sufism, theology, and prophetic devotion, including 'Realities of Sufism' (Haqaiq an al-Tasawwuf by Shaykh Abd al-Qadir Isa), 'The Sanusi Creed', and numerous works related to the Prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. He currently teaches Arabic and Islamic studies at Dar al-Ma'rifah and Risalah Foundation in Toronto, where he lives with his family.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9780990002673
Publisher
Al-Madina Institute
Author
Ahmad ibn Ajiba
Pages
88
Translator
Abdul Aziz Suraqah
Year Published
2015
Size
W- | H- | D-
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