Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyid? ?Abd Al-?AZ?Z Al-Dabb?GH

Around 1720 in Fez A'mad b. al-Mub'rak al-Lama, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master ?Abd al-?Az'z al-Dabb'gh. Al-Dabb'gh shunned religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Mu'ammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the Qur n, "?ad'th"s and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the "Ibr'z," describes how al-Dabb'gh attained illumination and access to the Prophet, as well as his teachings about the Council of the godly that regulates the world, relations between master and disciple, the darkness in men's bodies, Adam's creation, Barzakh, Paradise and Hell, and much more besides. This 'encyclopaedia' of Sufism with its many teaching stories and illustrations provides a window onto social life and religious ideas in Fez a generation or so before powerful outside forces began to play a role in the radical transformation of Morocco.al-Mub?rak al-Lama??, A?mad b. is the author of 'Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyid? ?Abd Al-?AZ?Z Al-Dabb?GH', published 2007 under ISBN 9789004164154 and ISBN 9004164154.