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The Complete Works of the Gnostic Shaykh Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-Alawi - 6 vol.
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Description of the Contents
The Complete Works of Shaykh Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī (األعمال الكاملة للشيخ ابن عليوة), comprises all of the writings and treatises, twenty-three in total, authored by Algerian Shadhili guide and reviver, Shaykh Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī al-Mustaghānamī (d. 1352/1934), known as Ibn ʿUlaywa, in six volumes. The first volume contains three works in Qur’anic exegesis (tafsīr). The second volume contains five works on theology (tawḥīd) and Maliki law
(fiqh). The third volume contains the author’s unique commentary by way of Sufi allusion on the renown ‘The Helpful Guide’ (al-Murshid al-Muʿīn). The fourth volume contains the author’s commentary on the aphorisms of Sidi Abu Madyan al-Ghawth (d.589/1193). The fifth volumes contains nine treatises on Sufism and two other treatises. The final sixth volume contains the author’s poetry including his anthology of poems
(dīwān) and a didactic poem (manẓuma) on some legal questions. This critical edition by one in spiritual lineage of the author, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shaʿār, includes several works that have until now remained as manuscripts and is filled with annotations illuminating the intent of the author throughout all six volumes.
The Complete Works of Shaykh Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī (األعمال الكاملة للشيخ ابن عليوة), comprises all of the writings and treatises, twenty-three in total, authored by Algerian Shadhili guide and reviver, Shaykh Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī al-Mustaghānamī (d. 1352/1934), known as Ibn ʿUlaywa, in six volumes. The first volume contains three works in Qur’anic exegesis (tafsīr). The second volume contains five works on theology (tawḥīd) and Maliki law
(fiqh). The third volume contains the author’s unique commentary by way of Sufi allusion on the renown ‘The Helpful Guide’ (al-Murshid al-Muʿīn). The fourth volume contains the author’s commentary on the aphorisms of Sidi Abu Madyan al-Ghawth (d.589/1193). The fifth volumes contains nine treatises on Sufism and two other treatises. The final sixth volume contains the author’s poetry including his anthology of poems
(dīwān) and a didactic poem (manẓuma) on some legal questions. This critical edition by one in spiritual lineage of the author, Shaykh ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shaʿār, includes several works that have until now remained as manuscripts and is filled with annotations illuminating the intent of the author throughout all six volumes.
Contents Overview:
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Vols. 1–5: Treatises, letters, and prose works on spiritual realization and Sufi doctrine.
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Vol. 6: Poetry and didactic verse, including al-Risāla al-‘Ilmiyya and al-Manāzil al-Shar‘iyya.
Biography of the Author
Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi was born in Mostaganem, Algeria, in 1869. He never obtained any formal schooling, although he learned the Qur’ān from his father at home. He later earned his living as a cobbler, but he was deeply religious by nature, and thirsty for knowledge. In 1894, he traveled to Morocco and followed for fifteen years the Shadhili
Shaykh Muhammad al-Buzidi, receiving authorization from him. After al-Buzidi's death in 1909, Sheikh al-Alawi returned to Mostaganem, where he spread the Shadhili path. By the time of Shaykh al-Alawi's death in 1934, he had become one of the best known and most celebrated shaykhs of the century and was visited by many. His branch, the Alawiyya, was one of the first Sufi orders to establish a presence
in Europe, notably among Algerians in France and Yemenis in Wales. Sheikh Al-Alawi himself traveled to France in 1926, and led the first communal prayer to inaugurate the newly built Paris Mosque. The Alawiyya branch also spread as far as Damascus, Syria through Shaykh al-Alawi’s student, Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi.
Sheikh Ahmad al-Alawi was born in Mostaganem, Algeria, in 1869. He never obtained any formal schooling, although he learned the Qur’ān from his father at home. He later earned his living as a cobbler, but he was deeply religious by nature, and thirsty for knowledge. In 1894, he traveled to Morocco and followed for fifteen years the Shadhili
Shaykh Muhammad al-Buzidi, receiving authorization from him. After al-Buzidi's death in 1909, Sheikh al-Alawi returned to Mostaganem, where he spread the Shadhili path. By the time of Shaykh al-Alawi's death in 1934, he had become one of the best known and most celebrated shaykhs of the century and was visited by many. His branch, the Alawiyya, was one of the first Sufi orders to establish a presence
in Europe, notably among Algerians in France and Yemenis in Wales. Sheikh Al-Alawi himself traveled to France in 1926, and led the first communal prayer to inaugurate the newly built Paris Mosque. The Alawiyya branch also spread as far as Damascus, Syria through Shaykh al-Alawi’s student, Shaykh Muhammad al-Hashimi.
Editor: ناصر الدين سعيدي (Nasir al-Din Saeedi)
Publisher: مكتبة تاشفين (Maktabat Tashfin) – Mostaganem, Algeria
Format: 6-volume hardcover set
Language: Arabic
Author: الشيخ أحمد بن مصطفى العلوي (Ahmad ibn Mustafa al-‘Alawi, d. 1353 AH / 1934 CE)
Binding: Hardcover