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Bio: Sh. Muhammad Zhafir (the son)
Shaykh Muhammad Zhafir (the son)
الشيخ محمد بن حمزة ظافر المدني
b. 1244 in Tarablus, Misrata (Libya) – d. 1321 H. in Istanbul (1829 – 1903 CE)
qaddasa Allah sirrahu
Book | Attar: Tadhkirat al-Awlia
Tadhkirat al-Awlia
Biographies of early Sufisby Farid al-Din al ’Attar
Original language: Persian
Book | Ibn ‘Ata Allah: Hikam (Aphorisms) – الحكم العطائية
Shuruh:
➣ Ibn 'Ajiba: Iqazh al-Himam Text collection | on this site →
➣ Al-Sharnubi: Sharh al-Hikam - PDF Dar Ibn Kathir 1989 | Text
➣ Ibn 'Abbad al-Rundi: Sharh al-Hikam (PDF)
➣ Ahmad Zarruq: Sharh al-Hikam (PDF)
➣ More Shuruh: archive.org
English Transl: Al-Hikam - Sufi Aphorisms - PDF
➣ Ibn Abbad al-Rundi (partial, transl: The Guiding Helper Foundation) PDF
➣ Ibn 'Ajiba (partial, transl. Aisha Bewley): bewley | PDF 1, 2 | on this site →
Trad. al español de Francesc Gutiérrez: "Aforismos sufíes" (Editorial José J. de Olañeta)
Book | Ibn ‘Ata Allah: Kitab al-Tanwir
Kitab al-Tanwir fi isqat al-tadbir
The Book of Enlightenment on Dropping Self-ManagementBy Sh. Ibn 'Ata Allah al-Sakandary →
ابن عطاء السكندري : كتلب التنوير في إسقات التدبير
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المكتبة الأزهرية 2007
Recommended translation: "Illuminating Guidance on dropping Self-Direction" by Ibrahim Hakim (Noon 2011)
View Summary | Scanned pages | PDF
Alternative translation from nmusa PDF | amazon
Presentation
One cannot overestimate the value of Imam Ibn ‘Ata’Illah, may Allah be pleased with him, in preserving the teachings of the Shadhdhuliyyah, since he was the first to write them down. Both Imam Abu’l-Hasan ash-Shadhdhuli and his successor Imam Abu’l ‘Abbas al-Mursi, may Allah be pleased with them, never wrote any books on the Path. When asked why, Abu’l-Hasan replied, “My companions are my books.” Be that as it may, the teachings would not have survived down to this day as they have if Allah had not inspired Ibn ‘Ata’Illah to put them into written form.
One of the main reasons why this specific book is so fundamental is that it deals with a cardinal doctrine of the Shadhdhuli teaching, namely, the ceasing of self-direction and management in favour of choosing the management and direction of Allah (isqat at-tadbir). A major subject, to which actually half the book is devoted, is rizq, or provision and daily sustenance.
Ibn ‘Ata’Illah deals with the proper approach to acquiring one’s daily provision, the proper manners of withholding it and spending it, and most importantly, how and why one should not waste one’s energy in anxiety over it. In this respect, the Way of the Shadhdhuliyyah, unlike some of the other ways of Sufism, does not call for a life of begging and mendicancy, but rather teaches its adherents to live a life of intense contemplation in the midst of the worldly means of livelihood. In other words, ‘being in the world but not of the world.’ And the importance of this book can also be seen in the method it teaches the reader of how to apply this advice.
Chapters
—Introductions
—Chapter [1]. Submission and Abandoning Tadbir,
—Chapter [2]. Complete and Total Submission,
—Chapter [3]. The Stations of Certainty (Yaqin),
—Chapter [4]. The Means of Abandoning Tadbir with Allah Almighty,
—Chapter [5]. The Abandonment of Tadbir is the Noblest of the Divine Miraculous Gifts (karamat),
—Chapter [6]. The Submission of the ‘Face’ to Allah Almighty,
—Chapter [7]. The Types of Tadbir,
—Chapter [8]. The Divested of Means (mutajarrid) & the One of Means (mutasabbib),
—Chapter [9]. The Secret Purpose in the Creation of Tadbir,
—Chapter [10]. Tadbir in the Daily Provision (rizq),
—Chapter [11]. The Intended Desire of Allah Almighty in Creating Jinn and Man,
—Chapter [12]. The Gurantee of Sustenance by Allah Almighty for His Servants,
—Chapter [13]. The Coupling of Creation (khalq) and Sustenance (rizq),
—Chapter [14]. The Obligation to Command the Family to Salat,
—Chapter [15]. How Allah Almighty takes Responsibility fort Providing Sustenance,
—Chapter [16]. The State and Nature of Rizq,
—Chapter [17]. The Wisdom in Taking a Means of Livelihood (asbab),
—Chapter [18]. Reliance on Allah Almighty and the Taking of Means,
—Chapter [19]. The Explanation of the Litany of Shaykh Abu’l Abbas,
—Chapter [20]. The Harm of Tadbir with Allah Most High,
—Chapter [21]. Utterances of ther Realities.
—Concluding Supplication (du’aa),
Book | Jazuli: Dalail al-Khayrat – دلائل الخيرات للإمام الجزولى
Book | Yaqoubi: Al-‘Iqd al-Munaddad – العقد المنضد للشيخ محمد اليعقوبي
The Poem of the Necklace
In praise of our Master Muhammad ﷺBy His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi ⇒
العقد المنضد في مدح سيدنا محمد ﷺ السيد الشيخ محمدأبى الهدى اليعقوبي
Book | Yaqoubi: Ghazal al-Kalam – غزل الكلام للشيخ محمد اليعقوبي
Celebrating Love and Theology
Refutation of the Mu'tazilitesBy His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi ⇒
غزل الكلام في الرد على المعتزلة للعلامة الشيخ محمد اليعقوبي
Qasida | Al ‘Iqd al-Wardi – العقد الوردي في علامات المهدي | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
The rose-colored Poem about the SIgns of Al-Mahrdi
By Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi ⇒العقد الوردي في علامات المهدي للعلامة الشييخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Al-Buhur al-Shadhiliyya – البحور الشاذلية | Sh. Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
The Shadhili Oecans
By Shaykh Muḥammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒البحور الشاذلية للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Amma al-Imam al-Shadhili – أما الإمام الشاذلي | Imam al-Busiri
Busiri: In praise of Imam Abul Hasan al-Shadhili
By Imam Sharaf al-Din Muhammad b. Saʿīd al-Busiri ⇒أما الإمام الشاذلي - قصيدة للإمام البوصيري في مدح الإمام أبي الحسن الشاذلي
Qasida | Arwah al-Ahbab – أرواح الأحباب | Sh. Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi
The Souls of the Lovers
Translated by his son, Sh. Muhammad al-YaqoubiBy Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
أرواح الأحباب - قصيدة للعارف بلله العلامة الشيخ إبراهيم اليعقوبي
Qasida | Arwah al-Ahbab – أرواح الأحباب | Sh. Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi Copy
The Souls of the Lovers
Translated by his son, Sh. Muhammad al-YaqoubiBy Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
أرواح الأحباب - قصيدة للعار بلله العلامة الشيخ إبراهيم اليعقوبي
Qasida | Bahr al-Jamal – بحر الجمال | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Ocean of Beauty
Tajla lial-MahbubBy His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Bahrul Jamal
Qasida | Haramun ‘ala qalbi – حرام على قلبي محبة غيركم | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
My heart can not love other than You
Ala inna dhikr Allah - Takhmis of a qasida of the Qutb Abu MadyanBy Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
حرام على قلبي محبة غيركم - الأصل للقطب أبي مدين فالتخميس للشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Ishrab sharab al-Hubb – اشرب شراب الحب | Sh. Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
The Drink of Love (The Realities of His Unity)
A poem dedicated to Sayyidunā Shaykh Abdul Qādir al-Jilānī - may Allah be pleased with himBy Shaykh Muḥammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
حقائق التوحيد (اشرب شراب الحب) للشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Ma’din al-Anwar – معدن الأنوار | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
The Mine of Light
A poem of tawassul by Moulay Abdus-Salam Ibn MashishComposed and recited during the Ziyara to his maqam near Tetuan in Muharram 1440 H. / Sept 2018
By His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
معدن الأنوار - قصيدة للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Nafahat (Dhubtu fil-hawa) – نفحات – ذبت في الهوى | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Breezes - I am melted in His love
By Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒نفحات - ذبت في الهوى - شعر للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Nahnu al-fuqara – نشيد الصوفية | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
"The Sufi Anthem": We are fuqara
By Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒نحن الفقراء - نشيد الصوفية للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Nashr al-Yasemine – نشر الياسمين | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
The smell of Jasmine
Written on the blessed ocaasion of the Birth day of the Prophet ﷺ 1440By His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi
قصيدة نشر الياسمين للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Qutb al-Aqtab – قطب الأقطاب | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
The Qutb of all Qutbs
In honor of Imam Abul Hasan al-ShadhiliBy Shaykh Muhammad al-Yaqoubi ⇒
قطب الأقطاب - قصيدة في مدح الإمام أبي الحسن الشاذلي رضي الله عنه
للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Qutb al-Ma’arif Ibrahim – قطب المعارف إبراهيم | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
The Pole of Gnostics Sh. Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi
Al-hamdu liAllah al-Qadim - A poem praise of a great Scholar and Knower of AllahBy his son Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
قصيدة للشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي في مدح والده قطب المعارف الشيخ إبراهيم اليعقوبي
Qasida | Rawwihul-qulub – روحوا القلوب | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Refresh the hearts
From "The Lights of Spring" (Anwar al-Rabi')By Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
قصيدة روحوا القلوب من ديوان أىوار الربيع للعلامة السيد
الشيخ محمد أبو الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Taba al-sharab – طاب الشراب | Sh. Ibrahim al-Yaqoubi
A wholesome drink
Hadra poetryBy Shaykh Ibrahim Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
طاب الشراب - شعر للعارف بلله العلامة الشيخ إبراهيم اليعقوبي
Qasida | Tawajjuhat – توجهات للسالكين | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Directions for seekers
By Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒توجهات للسالكين - شعر للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
Qasida | Tub ila Allah – تب إلى الله | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Qasida | Ud’uni astajib lakum – ادعوني أستجب لكم | Sh. Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Call Me and I shall answer you
From the Diwan of the YaqoubiatBy His Eminence Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi ⇒
ادعوني أستجب لكم - من ديوان اليعقوبيات للعلامة الشيخ محمد أبي الهدى اليعقوبي
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