Complete Elation & Happiness Through the Birth of the Locus of Light ﷺ
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Talut ibn Sulaiman Dawood
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About The Book
Among the masterpieces of Islamic devotional literature is Kamāl al-Faraḥ wa al-Surūr bi Mawlid Maẓhar al-Nūr by the eminent Moroccan scholar and jurist Shaykh Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥājj al-ʿIyāshī Sukayrij (1878–1944). Written at the turn of the 20th century while still a young man, this Mawlid reflects the author’s deep erudition and spiritual insight, qualities that later made him one of the most celebrated scholars of North Africa and the wider ummah.
This work is not just a telling of the Prophet’s ﷺ birth, but a rich work full of praise, narrations, and reflections that weave together love, reverence, and knowledge. It opens with exalted praises of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ, affirming that through the Prophet’s coming into the world, happiness was perfected, grief lifted, and the doors of divine mercy opened. The text repeatedly emphasizes that all blessings and every form of felicity flow through him ﷺ, the Locus of Light and axis of existence.
The Mawlid also touches upon the Muḥammadan Reality, describing how the Prophet ﷺ was the primordial light created before time itself. Through poetic imagery and narrations, it details the spiritual veils, cosmic signs, and divine honors that surrounded his conception and birth. It describes how the heavens and earth rejoiced, disbelief trembled, and joy filled the hearts of the believers when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the world.
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About the author
Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-'Iyashi Sukayrij: Shaykh Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-'Iyashi Sukayrij rahimahullah (1878-1944 / 1295-1363 AH) was a Moroccan Islamic scholar born and based in Fes, one of the great centers of traditional Islamic learning in North Africa. Trained in the Maliki school of jurisprudence, he was also deeply immersed in the Sufi sciences, particularly through affiliation with the Tijaniyya spiritual order. Sukayrij was a prolific writer whose works span the fields of prophetic biography (seerah), mawlid literature, prophetic praise poetry, and Sufi doctrine. His text translated into English as 'Complete Elation and Happiness Through the Birth of the Locus of Light' belongs to the genre of mawlid literature celebrating the prophetic nativity. He was a student of prominent Moroccan scholars and himself taught generations of students in Fes. His writings remain an important part of the Moroccan scholarly heritage and the broader Tijaniyya tradition.
About the translator
Talut ibn Sulaiman Dawood: Talut ibn Sulaiman Dawood, also known as Dawood Talut, is an American student of sacred knowledge and translator who has spent more than ten years studying Arabic and the Islamic sciences, with a particular focus on Arabic translation and Hanafi fiqh. He is rooted in the Tijani Sufi tradition and translates classical and devotional texts under the guidance and with the permission of his teacher, Shaykh Muhammad al-Mahy Cisse, a leading scholar of the Tijani community. Working into both English and Spanish, Dawood has brought a substantial body of Tijani and Niassene literature to a wider readership. He is best known for translating works of the West African master Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse, among them The Enlightenment of Humanity: On the Supremacy of Knowledge, together with mawlid texts celebrating the birth of the Prophet, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, and treatises on intention, remembrance, and the merits of reading about the Messenger. His wider output includes renderings of An-Nawawi's Forty Hadith, Imam al-Suyuti's All the Sultan's Men, al-Sharani's Selections from the Muhammadan Covenants, and The Moon and the Month, a fatwa on moon-sighting for Ramadan. He has served as a translator and director of Spanish outreach with the Imam Ghazali Institute, and his translations appear through publishers serving the Tijani and broader traditional Islamic readership. His work makes accessible a devotional and scholarly heritage that has long circulated chiefly in Arabic.
Specifications
EAN 13 / ISBN
9781966329817
Binding
Paperback
Publisher
Imam Ghazali Institute
Author
Shaykh Ahmad ibn al-Hajj al-'Iyashi Sukayrij
Pages
144
Translator
Talut ibn Sulaiman Dawood
Year Published
2025
Size
W- | H- | D-
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