Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Arabi al-Darqawi ( Arabic : ???? ?????? ???????? ; 1760?1823) was a Moroccan Sufi leader of the Shadhili tariqa and the author of letters concerning the dhikr he preached and instructions for daily life. He stressed noninvolvement in worldly affairs ( Dunya ) and spoke against other Sufi orders exploiting claims of barakah (blessings). ^[1] He was imprisoned by the Moroccan ruler Mulay Slimane (r. 1792?1822) for supporting revolts against the throne, but was released by Abderrahmane (r. 1822?1859).

A branch of the Shadhili order, the Darqawa , was organized around his teachings after his death, with members coming from a wide range of social groups. Though the Darqawa was once the most important tariqah in Morocco , its power waned as it spread throughout North Africa. ^[2] His tomb is in the Zawiya Bou Brih also in the Rif .

His Letters [ edit ]

Almost all of the letters concern the method based on the central techniques of invocation or dhikr , not usually discussed openly by Sufi masters. ^[3] The letters were compiled by al-`Arabi al-Darqawi himself, copied by his disciples and printed many times in Fez , in lithographed script. Titus Burckhardt has made this translation on the basis of two nineteenth-century manuscripts as well as the lithographed edition.

References [ edit ]

^ E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913?1936 , Volume 2, p. 946
^ John Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam , Oxford University Press 2003
^ Bewley, Aisha. The Darqawi Way . Tran. Mawlay al-Arabi ad-Darqawi: Letters from the Shaykh to the fuqara . Norwich: Diwan Press, 1981

Al 'Arbi Al Darqawi, Majmu'at Rasa'il (Letters from Al Darqawi to his disciples), Casablanca , 1999
The Darqawi Way (The Letters of Al-Arabi al-Darqawi translated by Aisha Bewley), Diwan Press, Norwich UK, 1980, ISBN 0-906512-06-9
Letters of a Sufi Master, The Shaykh ad-Darqawi, Shaykh al-'Arabi ad-Darqawi , Translated by Titus Burckhardt , Preface by Martin Lings, Fons Vitae (1998) ISBN 1-887752-16-1

[1] E. J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913?1936 , Volume 2, p. 946

[2] John Esposito, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam , Oxford University Press 2003

[3] Bewley, Aisha. The Darqawi Way . Tran. Mawlay al-Arabi ad-Darqawi: Letters from the Shaykh to the fuqara . Norwich: Diwan Press, 1981

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