The Immense Ocean: Al-Bahr Al-Madid: A Thirteenth Century Quranic Commentary on the Chapters of the All-Merciful, the Event, and Iron - Paperback

by Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba (Author), Mohamed Fouad Aresmouk (Translator), Michael Abdurrahman Fitzgerald (Translator)

This is a scholarly translation of traditional Quranic exegesis. The reader will be able to compare exoteric commentary to esoteric allusion for each of the verses in three of the most often recited chapters of the sacred book of Islam.

Author Biography

Ahmad ibn 'Ajiba was an 18th-century Moroccan saint in the Darqawa Sufi Islamic lineage. He was the author of numerous works, including "The Autobiography of a Moroccan Sufi." Mohamed Fouad Aresmouk completed his degree in Islamic Studies and Arabic at Qadi Ayyad University in Marrakesh. He is the author of "Al-Rashad Fi Zabdati Al-Awrad."""Michael Abdurrahman Fitzgerald has assisted in the research and annotation for a number of works and is the cotranslator of "The Invocation of God."