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ABU ‘ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN IBRAHIM BIN ‘ABBAD (D. 1390 AD): SHARH AL-HIKAM
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ABU ‘ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN IBRAHIM BIN ‘ABBAD (D. 1390 AD): SHARH AL-HIKAM

SIGNED ‘ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN ‘ALI BIN ‘AMIRA AL-MARINI (?), MOROCCO, DATED END OF JUMADA II 956/JULY 1549 AD

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ABU ‘ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN IBRAHIM BIN ‘ABBAD (D. 1390 AD): SHARH AL-HIKAM
SIGNED ‘ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN ‘ALI BIN ‘AMIRA AL-MARINI (?), MOROCCO, DATED END OF JUMADA II 956/JULY 1549 AD
Ibn ‘Abbad’s commentary on this renowned collection of aphorisms by Ibn ‘Ata Allah, al-Hikam, Arabic manuscript on paper, 137ff. plus five fly-leaves (two modern), each folio with 31ll. of black maghribi script, titles and important words in larger script, occasional words in red and some phrases overlined in red, copious added notes to the fly-leaves, occasional marginal notes, colophon signed and dated, in stamped brown morocco binding
Folio 10 5/8 x 7 ¾in. (26.8 x 19.5cm.)
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Ibn 'Ata Allah was a mystic of the Shadhiliya order founded in 1258 and died in 1309. He studied with the direct follower of the founder of the order. His celebrated work of mystical aphorisms, the Kitab al-hikam aimed at arousing spiritual awareness in the disciple. Kitab al-Hikam was the subject of numerous commentaries, mostly from sufi scholars and the present work by Ibn 'Abbad al-Rundi is one of them. A sufi as well, Ibn 'Abbad was born in 1333 in Ronda near Malaga, Spain but spent most of his life in Merinid Morocco. He died in Fes in 1390.

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