About The Book

Four Gems of Tasawwuf comprises:

1. A substantial part of Iqadh al-Himam, Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba's commentary on the Hikam of Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Ata'allah al-Iskandari, including an introduction to Tasawwuf based on the famous ten introductory principles, as well as as the first thirteen aphorisms and their commentaries;

2. His commentary on the Salat of Shaykh 'Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish in asking for blessings on the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him;

3. His commentary on the Khamriyya of Shaykh Ibn al-Farid;

4. And his book on the Divine Decree, in which there is a chapter exploring the issues of contagion and plague, from both the perspectives of haqiqa and shari'a.

About The Author

Shaykh Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba (died 1224 AH/1809 CE) was a consummate scholar of the deen of Islam, who wrote widely on tafsir and other topics of the shari'a, tariqa and haqiqa. He was himself a Shaykh of the Darqawi Shadhili tariqa.

About The Translator

Aisha Bewley is the translator of a large number of classical works of Islam and Sufism, often in collaboration with Abdalhaqq Bewley.

​About The Editor

​Abdalhaqq accepted Islam in 1968 and spent some years in Morocco learning about Islam. Since that time he has worked on the establishment of Islam and Muslim communities, in the process living and teaching in Nigeria, the US, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Spain, the Caribbean, Slough, Norwich and Bradford. He currently resides and teaches in Bradford.