Around 1720 in Fez Aḥmad b. al-MubÄrak al-Lamaá¹Ä«, a religious scholar, wrote down the words and teachings of the Sufi master Ê¿Abd al-Ê¿AzÄ«z al-DabbÄgh. Al-DabbÄgh shunned religious studies but, having reached illumination and met with the Prophet Muḥammad, he was able to explain any obscurities in the QurʾÄn, ḥadÄ«th s and sayings of earlier Sufis. The resulting book, known as the IbrÄ«z , describes how al-DabbÄgh 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.
Pure Gold from the Words of Sayyidī ʿAbd Al-ʿAzīz Al-Dabbāgh : <i>Al-Dhahab Al-Ibrīz Min Kalām Sayyidī ʿAbd Al-ʿAzīz Al-Dabbāgh</i>