Ibn Juzay's Sufic Exegesis

Ibn Juzay's Sufic Exegesis : New,
Taken from : Kitab al-Tashil li-'Ulum al-Tanzil,
*[A5] Paperback - 44 pages,
by Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi,
Translation & Annotations by Musa Furber,
Published by Islamosaic.

Description :


Ibn Juzay al-Kalbi began his exegesis of the Qur'an with a short introduction to the various disciplines related to explaining the Qur'an. One of the topics he included is Sufism. The basic concern of Sufism is the heart : knowing its good and bad qualities, how to rid it of bad qualities, and how to instill it with the good. Ibn al-Juzay explained its inclusion, saying that Sufism is ...

He then enumerated twelve topics related to Sufism which he would explain in his tafsir.


The topics Ibn Juzay covered include: thanks [shukr]; Godfearingness [taqw?]; remembrance [dhikr]; patience [sabr]; tawhid; love for Allah; reliance upon Him [tawakkul]; vigilance [mur?qabah]; fear and hope [khawf and raja]; repentance [tawbah]; and sincerity [ikhlas].





Ibn Juzayy al-Kalbi al-Gharnati (d.741h.) was a sufi scholar, a poet, historian, and fiqh from Al-Andalus. He is also known as the writer (Rihla) to whom Ibn Battuta dictated an account of his travels. Ibn Juzayy was the son of Abú-l-Qásim Muhammad Ibn Juzayy al-Maliki (the panegyrist of Abú-l-Hayyáy Yúsuf of Granada) wrote many religious works such as his al-Qawanin al-Fiqhiyyah or "The Laws of Jurisprudence" a comparative manual of the jurisprudence of the four Sunni madhhabs (Maliki, Hanafi, Shafi`i, Hanbali) with emphasis on the Maliki school.


He died in Fez in 1357 _C.E. two years after the completion of the Rihla of Ibn Battuta.

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