{"product_id":"kanz-al-asrar-a-treasure-of-mysteries","title":"Kanz al-Asrar: A Treasure of Mysteries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMuhammad Buziyan al-Gharisi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMohamed Fouad Aresmouk, Michael Abdurrahman Fitzgerald (Translation)\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 266 pages\u003cbr\u003e9798896400097\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMulay al-Arabi al-Darqawi as Seen Through the Eyes of a Loving Disciple\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMulay al-Arabi al-Darqawi (ca. 1743 to 1823) was the gifted spiritual master whose teachings inspired a Sufi order and movement that attracted tens of thousands of followers in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and beyond. Among those who were able to visit the Shaykh in his remote zawiya in the mountains of northeast Morocco was a young man named Muhammad Buziyan al-Gharisi, who arrived with a caravan in 1803 from his native Algerian town of Maʻaskar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor Buziyan, this meeting marked the beginning of a twenty-year period during which he lived near and served his teacher, eventually becoming one of the scribes who transcribed and copied the Shaykh’s letters of spiritual instruction to be sent to the many muqaddams of the order near and far. Upon the Shaykh’s death in 1823, Buziyan decided to assemble into a book all that he had personally seen and knew about the life and teachings of Shaykh al-Darqawi, as well as some of the more memorable of his disciples.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe resulting work, which he entitled Kanz al-asrar fi munaqib Mawlana al-Arabi al-Darqawi wa ba‘di as·habihi ’l-akhyar (“A Treasure of secrets concerning the lives of Mulay al-Arabi al-Darqawi and some of his goodly disciples”) became a much-quoted reference for many later writings about the order. Besides being the most complete reference ever written about the Shaykh himself, it provides a rare glimpse into life in a Moroccan Tariqah in the late 18th century, interwoven with the spiritual teachings Buziyan had received from the Shaykh and others. Written through the eyes of a life-long disciple who came to the order when he was still young, it is also a chronicle of the shaykh-murid dynamic of that time and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fons Vitae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43639369629731,"sku":"9798896400097","price":42.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/files\/DSC_0736_aa8eb0e9-392c-42ca-ab33-e45cc3270a74.jpg?v=1786517069","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.com\/products\/kanz-al-asrar-a-treasure-of-mysteries","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}