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Wazifa Zarruqiyya

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Wazifa Zarruqiyya
AuthorAhmad Zarruq
Original titleسَفِينَةُ النَّجَا لِمَنْ إِلَى اللَهِ اِلْتَجَا‎
Working titleالوظيفة الزروقية
LanguageArabic
SubjectDhikr,Dua,Wird
GenreWazifa
Publication placeMaghreb

InSufism,theWazifa Zarruqiyya(Arabic:الْوَظِيفَةُ الزَّرُّوقِيَّةُ) is a regularwazifaorlitanypracticed by followers in theShadhiliorder ofSufismand whose first line is "the ship of salvation for those who resort to God" ' (Arabic:سَفِينَةُ النَّجَا لِمَنْ إِلَى اللَهِ اِلْتَجَا).[1][2]

Presentation[edit]

Thiswazifawas initiated and compiled by theMaliki SunniSufi theologianAhmad Zarruq(1442–1493 CE), the founder of the Zarruqi branch of Shadhili sufism.[3]to train hismuridsor followers to recite morning and evening litanies daily.[4]ThisMuslim scholarandsufi sheikhassembled a panoply of Quranicayahsand propheticduasdedicated to the morning and night litanies to which the murids must assiduously submit.[5]Zarruq, who studied inBéjaïa,is well-known in theMuslim world[6]

The components of this wazifa were taken from the "Chapter of the morning and evening Adhkar" in the book written byal-Nawawi(1233–1277) entitledSelected Remembrances from the Words of the Master of the Righteous(Adhkar Nawawiyya[ar]).[7][8]

There is noSufismexcept throughfiqh,and there is nofiqhbut throughSufism.[9]

Practice[edit]

Thiswazifais recited individually or collectively afterFajr prayerin the morning and afterAsr prayerin the afternoon.[10] The recitation begins with the pronunciation ofTa'awwudhthen ofBasmalafollowed byĀyah163 ofSurah al-Baqarah.[11]

Next comes thetilawaofĀyah1 fromSurah Al Imran,followed byĀyah111 ofSurah Ta-Haand then theThrone verse.[12]

Several verses follow each other in the recitation with a specific repetition for each of them. Then themuridrecites authenticduasrelated byMuhammad,and relating to the morning and evening as well as to personal and congregational well-being.[13]

The content of thewazifais finally completed with the recitation of the last three versesĀyates 180 to 182ofSurah As-Saaffat.[14]

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References[edit]

  1. ^Brustad, Kristen (18 June 2001).Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literary Tradition.ISBN978-0-520-22667-8.
  2. ^Krätli, Graziano; Lydon, Ghislaine (2011).The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa.ISBN978-9004187429.
  3. ^Dévényi, Kinga; Abdul-Fattah, Munif; Fiedler, Katalin (30 October 2015).Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.ISBN9789004306936.
  4. ^MacKinlay, Elizabeth (2010).Ageing and Spirituality Across Faiths and Cultures.ISBN978-1-84905-006-7.
  5. ^Dickson, William Rory (11 September 2015).Living Sufism in North America: Between Tradition and Transformation.ISBN978-1-4384-5758-1.
  6. ^Lūqā, Anwar; Louca, Anouar; Schmitt, Edeltraud von der (2005).Catalogue des manuscrits orientaux de la Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Genève.ISBN978-3-906769-03-5.
  7. ^Kugle, Scott Alan (2006).Rebel Between Spirit and Law: Ahmad Zarruq, Sainthood, and Authority in Islam.ISBN0-253-34711-4.
  8. ^Michon, Jean-Louis (1973).Le soufi marocain Aḥmad ibn ʻAjība (1746–1809) et son Miʻrāj: Glossaire de la mystique musulmane.ISBN9782711605712.
  9. ^الأذكار السنية بالمدرسة الزروقية.January 2012.ISBN9782745173461.
  10. ^"مؤلفات الشيخ أحمد زروق: Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming: Internet Archive".
  11. ^الأنوار السنية شرح الوظيفة الزروقية (سفينة النجا لمن التجا) لسيدي زروق الفاسي.January 2007.ISBN9782745158079.
  12. ^الشيخ أحمد زروق (محتسب العلماء والأولياء - الجامع بين الشريعة والحقيقة) المدرسة الزروقية.January 2019.ISBN9782745189813.
  13. ^الأنوار الإلهية بالمدرسة الزروقية.January 2011.ISBN9782745172754.
  14. ^النصائح الزروقية.January 2017.ISBN9782745187093.