Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba : : selected poems / / edited with an introduction, commentary, and notes by Sana Camara.

• Superior document: Islamic Literatures : Texts and Studies, Volume 2
• VerfasserIn: Bāmbā, Aḥmadū, 1852-1927
• TeilnehmendeR: Camara, Sana,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2017.; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English; Arabic
• Series: Islamic literatures ; Volume 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (205 pages) :; illustrations, maps.
• Notes: Translated from the Arabic.

While in exile in Gabon (1895–1902), Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba marked a historic moment with his poetry of resilience, pivotal to the cultural and religious transformation of the Murīds of Senegal. The qaṣāʾid (poems) included in this annotated edition, most of them hymns of praise to the qualities of Allāh and the Prophet Muḥammad, and professions of faith that demonstrate how to realize the precepts found in the Qur’ān, display the underlying elements of Sheikh Ahmadu Bamba’s imaginative energy and poetic vision. They reveal a unifying poetic purpose and exemplify Ṣūfī literary traditions in subject matter, form, and versification and aim to explore the deepest regions of mysticism in search of the divine truth.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Introduction -- aṣ-Ṣindīdi -- Sabʿun Taqī -- Nafaʿanī -- Wajjahtu -- Asīru maʿa l-Abrāri -- Jāwartu Llāha bi-Kitābihi ilā Dukhūlīya Jannatahu -- Mawāhibu n-Nāfiʿi fī Madāʾiḥi sh-Shāfiʿi -- Tuḥfatu l-Mutaḍarriʿīna -- Maṭlabu sh-Shifāʾi -- Commentary and Notes -- Appendices -- Glossary of Foreign Terms -- Bibliography.