{"product_id":"memoirs-of-a-sufi-master-fawa-id-min-kunnash","title":"Memoirs of a Sufi Master: Fawa’id min Kunnash","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe text presented here offers a unique insight into the eventful life of one of the greatest spiritual authorities of North Africa, the Sufi sheikh and scholar Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Zarruq al-Burnusi al-Fasi (d. 846-899\/1442-93). Ahmad al-Zarruq was the founder of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eZarruqi\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ebranch of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShadhili tariqa\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Order), a leading authority in many other Islamic sciences, and the author of numerous major works on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTasawwuf\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHadith\u003c\/em\u003e, jurisprudence and other subjects. He is widely believed to have been the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMujaddid\u003c\/em\u003e, or Renewer of the Muslim\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eUmma\u003c\/em\u003e, of the ninth\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ehijri\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003ecentury.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMay Allah be well pleased with him\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSheikh Zarruq kept a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003ekunnash\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor notebook in which he recorded both important aspects of his personal and scholarly life and also his own brief notes and reflections on many diverse subjects. The surviving manuscripts of his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKunnash\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare based on a transcription of his autograph. It remains a work of the greatest interest and significance and yet it has never been translated into any language before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemoirs of Sufi Master contains a fluent English translation of those portions of the text which concern the Sheikh’s outward life, his spiritual life, and his teachers and companions. Also included are an introduction and a full scholarly commentary providing detailed and wide-ranging background information, much of it never previously published except in Arabic. This book merits a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the spiritual and\/or social history of Islam in North Africa, and particularly that of Morocco in the 9th\/15th century\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Furthest Boundary Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55544816337272,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/8543\/5158\/files\/Memoirs.png?v=1777723788","url":"https:\/\/furthestboundarybookshop.co.uk\/products\/memoirs-of-a-sufi-master-fawa-id-min-kunnash","provider":"Furthest Boundary Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}