TABSIRATUL-ANAM OF SHAYKH IBRAHIM NIASSE: A SUMMARY

TABSIRATUL-ANAM FĪ ANAL ‘ILMA HUWAL-IMAM

(PUBLIC ENLIGHTMENT ON THE SUPREMACY OF KNOWLEDGE) 

{A Compendium of Educational Strategy}

By: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhī As-Senegālī (RTA)

Summarised By:

Khalifa (Dr.) Awwal Baba-Taofiq

In His Book:

The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niass Al-Kawlakhy (Chapter3, pages179-183)

One of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse's major work on education is titled Tabsiratul-Anām fī anna-l-‘ilm Huwal-Imām (Public Enlightment on the Supremacy of Knowledge).

Tabsiratul-Anām is a compendium of Education Strategy.

It consists of three chapters, with introduction and conclusion.

INTRODUCTION

The introduction consists of importance of acquiring knowledge. The core of the introduction is to discourage the hereditary succession and assert that education should be the criterion for leadership position.

CHAPTER ONE

Chapter one addresses the credits of teachers and students. The chapter also intensified on the issue of specialization of Knowledge and references were made to six Prophets and the Saint whom were endowed with different types of knowledge.

(1) Prophet Adam was endowed with knowledge of all nature: (“And He (Allah) taught Adam all the names (of all nature)”- Q2:31)

(2) Khidr (a saint) was endowed with knowledge of Tasawwuf: (“So they found one of our servants(khidr) on whom we had taught knowledge from our own presence”- Q18:65)

(3) Prophet Yusuf(Joseph) was endowed with interpretation of dreams: (“Oh my Lord! You have indeed bestowed on me some power, and taught me something of the interpretation of dreams and events”- Q12:101)

(4) Prophet Dawood(David) was endowed with knowledge of metal works: (“It was He (Allah) who taught him (Dawood) the making of coats of mail for your benefit”- Q21:80)

(5) Prophet Sulayman(Solomon) was endowed with the explanation of the speech of birds: (“Oh you people! We have been taught the speech of birds”- Q27:16)

(6) Prophet Isa(Jesus) was taught knowledge of sacred books: (“And God will teach him(Isa) the book and wisdom, (also) the Torah(Law) and the Injeel(Gospel)”- Q3:48)

(7) Prophet Muhammad was an encyclopedic scholar: (“For God has sent down to you the book and wisdom and taught you what you know not (before). And great is the grace of God unto you”- Q4:113.... “To instruct them in scripture and wisdom”- Q62:2)

CHAPTER TWO

Chapter two of the work elaborates on the harmful effect of ignorance to members of society and asserts that education is the direct method which a society must exhibit or implement in order to reform and rehabilitate its people and equip them with the basic requirements for appropriate functioning.

The Shaykh compared the positive and negative effects of knowledge with that of rain and stated thus;

(1) As rain is sent down from the heaven, so also is knowledge sent down from heaven.

(2) As the fertility of the earth lies on rain, so also does the reformation of men lies on education.

(3) As the plant and vegetable cannot germinate without rain, so also the deeds and worship of men would not be accepted if it's done out of ignorance.

(4) As the rain is stemmed from thunder and lightning, so also does knowledge stem from pledge and threat.

(5) As rain is useful and harmful, so also education is useful to whom sought (for) it, and harmful to those who neglect it.

CHAPTER THREE

Chapter three is on the moral ethics of both teachers and students.

The Shaykh enumerated the fundamental factors that could assist the students to achieve their aspirations. For instance, he made mention of;

-Stoicity,

-Determination,

-Commitment and host of others.

CONCLUSION

In the concluding part, the Shaykh enjoined the Muslim scholars to take teaching as a profession, in order to serve as a vehicle for prevalence of literacy among the Muslim community.

TEACHING AS A ROLE PLAYED BY SUFI LEADERS (MUQADAMUUN)

Teaching is one of the roles played by a Sufi leader (Muqaddam).

Some Sufi leaders, such as;

-Shaykh Balarabe Gusau

-Shaykh Muhammad Salga

-Shaykh Abubakar Atiqu

-Shaykh Muhammad Gibrima

-Shaykh Abdul-Qadir ibn Ali An-Nupewy Az-Zakzaky (Zaria)

-Shaykh Modibbo Jaylani

-Shaykh Haroon Rasheed of Kano

-Shaykh Muhammad Nafi'u ibn Mu'azu Sauke Kahuta of Minna, Niger state

-Shaykh Yusuf Abdullah Lokoja

-Shaykh Muhammad Awwal Omupo

-Shaykh Ali Jabata

-Shaykh Muhammad Awwal Abdur-Rahman Okesuna

-Shaykh Farooq Olaoti and

-Shaykh Abdur-Rahman Maiyaki.....

..among others teach advanced students different subjects, such as Tafsir(Quranic Exegesis) and Fiqh(Islamic Jurisprudence).

Many of the Muqaddams have Madaris(Schools) built adjacent to the Zawiyyah (Place of Worship).

Sayyidah Maryam (daughter of Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse) was a proprietress of school for Islamic studies and Qur'an memorization at Dakar, Senegal. She presently enrolled more than ten thousand (10,000) students in the school.

Source:

The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niass Al-Kawlakhy (Chapter3,pages179-183)

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SECTION A: ENGLISH ONLY 

1. Who is this Shaikh “Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kaolacky” [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

2. Shariah and Haqeeqah: In the Light of the Qur'an and the Prophetic Traditions [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

3. The Icon of Mystics: Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse Al-Kawlakhy [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

4. New Life Through Sufism (An Introductory Approach to Sufism) [by Shaikh Zikrullah Okukayode Yekeen]

5. Pure Hearted (Al Qalb as-Salīm) [by Balogun Babatunde (Ubaidullah Alli)]

6. Handbook for every Tijaniyyat [by Shaikh Ahmad Bello As-Suufi Harazimi]

7. Practical Guide on the Wird(Litany) of the Tariqah Faydah Tijaniyyah (The Adherent Handbook)-(Compiled by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

8. In the Meadows of Tafsir for the Noble Quran (Fī Riyādh at-Tafsīr lil Qur’ān al-Karīm) by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Muhammad ibn Abdullah Jayjubi at-Tijānī) - English Translation[1 Volume]

9. Durratu Tāj (The Crown Jewel and Fundamental Needs of the Murid, Regarding the Essentials of the Rules & Requirements of the Tariqa Tijaniyyah Spiritual Path): A Concise Instructional Handbook/Pamphlet), by Abdul-Karīm ibn al-Arabī [Translated by Shaikh Hassan Cisse & Alhaji Lawal]

10. Facts about Sufism (by Sayyid Ismaheel Abdulrauf)

11. Jawāhir al-Ma’ānī wa Bulūgh al-Amānī fī Fayd Sīdi Abī-l ‘Abbās at-Tijānī (Jewels of Meanings and the Attainment of Aspirations in the Spiritual Flood of Abu l Abbas Tijānī) by Sīdī ‘Aliyyu Harāzim Berrada -English Translation [Vol 1]

12. The Qualities and Uses of Zamzam Water (A Scientific & Islamic Exploration) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye

13. Who is Shaykh Jamiu Bulala (by Ustaz Olanipekun Shittu Tunde)

14. Mukhtārāt min Mu'alafāt al-Fudiyāwiyūn [Selected Writings of the Fodios (Shaykh Usman, Abdullah & Muhammad Bello)] - 11 Vols (English)

15. Understanding the Concept of Will-Making in Islam (Fee Manzoori-l-Islam) by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye

16. Shaykh Ahmad Tijani and his Spiritual Path

17. Sayyida Fatima Zahara (The Rose)

 

SECTION B: ENGLISH TRANSLATION & ARABIC 

 

18. Majmū’at ad-Dawāwīn (Collection of Eulogy Works) of Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse’ (Arabic text & English translation [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

19. Al-Yaaqutatul Fareeda Fii Tariqatul Tijaniyyah (The Unique Ruby in the Tijaniya Spiritual Path), by Sheikh Muhammad Nazifi (R.A)...Translated by Sayyidi Jafaru Ibrahim

20. Vessel of Spiritual Flood, Translation of Goran Faydah by Shaykh Balarabe Haroon Jega (Hausa-Ajami text & English translation [by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq]

21. Katsina and Kaduna Conferences (Jadhbul ahbab ila hadrat Rabbil arbab) and Mecca Conference -(Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

22. Mawlud lectures of Shaikh Ibrahim Niass(Translated by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

23. Risalat at-Tawbah (Epistle of Repentance) of Shaykh Ibrahim Niyass al-Kawlakhi" - (Translation & Commentary by Dr. Razzaq Solagberu)

24. Al-khususiyyah Fi Mujadid Tariqah Tijaniyyah (The Distinguished Miracles of Shaikh Ibrahim Niass), Compiled & Translated by Dr. Awwal Baba Taofiq

25. Epistle to the World [The Translation of Ayyuha-l-Walad (Dear Beloved Son)] by Imam Abu Hameed Al-Ghazaali....Translated by Abdul-Quadir Adeniyi Okeneye

26. Jawahir Rasail (A Collection of Priceless Expositions via Letters "Letters 1 to 10"): Diamond Sparkles - (Arabic text, English Translation and Commentary by Sayyidah Bilqis Grillo)

27. Softcopy of Numerous Sufi Literature (Arabic & English) - (To be sent via CD & email/googledrive)

28. Kano Conferences by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse

29. Shaykh Inyass’ Special Prayers

30. Rūh al-Adab (Spirit of Excellent Ethics) by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse [Translated by Abdul-Quadir Okeneye]

31. At-Taiseer (Simplification): The Means of Attaining Purification Through Poetry with Allaah's Most Beautiful Names, By Shaykh El-Hajj Malick Sy [same translator]

32. Qasida al-Hamziyya (Panegyric which contains the Biography & History of Prophet Muḥammad) by Shaykh Muhammad Būsayrī [Translation & Commentary by Ibrahim Jafaru] - Arabic & English

33. Sufism “The Orthodox Path” (At-Tasawwuf “Minhāj al-Qawīm”) [Arabic text & English translations ], by Oseni Aliu Olalekan

 

 

SECTION C: ARABIC ONLY

34. Dalā’ilu l Khayrāt - Collection of prayers upon the Prophet

a) in Plain Arabic and Warsh script” (by Shaikh Sulaiman Jazūlī) – Arabic

b) in Hafs Arabic (small size)

c) in Hafs Arabic (big size)

35. Kanzul Masūn - Collections of Prayers/Supplications (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse) - Arabic

36. Dawāwīn as-Sitt (Six Anthologies) on Prophetic Eulogy (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse) - Arabic

37. Ahzāb wa Awrād (Collection of Prayers/Liturgies and Litanies) of Shaikh Ahmad at-Tijani - Arabic

38. Jihāzu Sārih wa Sā’ihi wa Sābih wal ‘Ākiful Fālihu fī Tawajuhāt bi-Salātul Fātih by Shaykh Muhammad Gibrima Ad-Dāghirī - *Arabic*

39. Al-Durra al-Kharida fī Shar’h al-Yāqūtat al-Farīda (‘The Unpierced Pearl’ in the Commentary of ‘The Unique Ruby’) - [Arabic, 2 Vols] by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Abdul-Wāhid an-Nazīfī

40. Jawāhir al-Ma’ānī wa Bulūgh al-Amānī fī Fayd Sīdi Abī-l ‘Abbās at-Tijānī (Jewels of Meanings and the Attainment of Aspirations in the Spiritual Flood of Abu l Abbas Tijānī) by Sīdī ‘Aliyyu Harāzim Berrada - Arabic [Single Vol 1/2]

41. Fī Riyādh at-Tafsīr lil Qur’ān al-Karīm (In the Meadows of Tafsir/Exegesis for the Noble Quran) - by Shaykh Ibrahim Niasse (Compiled by Muhammad ibn Abdullah Jayjubi at-Tijānī)
—Arabic [6 Volumes]

42. Kāshif al-Ilbās (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse) - Arabic

43. Fatihu Rabānī fīmā yahtāju ilayhi l Murīd at-Tijānī, by Muhammad ibn Abdullah at-Tijānī

44. Al-Fuyūdāt ar-Rabāniyyah fī Ma’āthar wal Awrād al-Qādiriyyah, by Sayyid al-Hajj ibn Sayyid Muhammad Sa’eed al-Qādirī

45. Sa’ādat al-Anām bi Aqwāl Shaykh al-Islām

46. Al-Budūr as-Suta’i: Shar’h al-Mur’hafati-l quta’i (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

47. Tabsirat al-Anām fī anna-l ‘Ilma Huwa-l Imām (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

48. Kanzul Awliyā fī Tawassuli bi-A’azam al-Asmā’ (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

49. Raf’u-l Malām ‘aman rafa’a wa qabada iqtidā bi-Sayyid al-Anām (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

50. Nujūm al-Hudā fī kawni Nabiyyinā afdala man da’ā ilā llahi wa hadā (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

51. Ziyādat al-Jawāhir min yawāqīt al-fāzin durari hikamin fī funūn ‘ulūm (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

52. Matrab as-Sāmi’een an-Nāzireen: Fī Manāqib ash-Shaykh Al-Hajj ‘Abdullah ibn Sayyid Muhammad (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

53. Al-Bayān wa-t Tabyīn ‘anni-t Tijāniyyati wa-t Tijāniyyīn (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

54. Tanbīhu-l adhkiyā’ fī kawn Ash-Shaykh At-Tijānī Khātim al-Awliyyā (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

55. Dīwān Sayr al-Qalb bi-Mad’h al-Mustafā al-hibb ilā Hadrat Ar-Rabb (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

56. Majmū’ Rihlāt Ash-Shaykh Ibrāhīm [Ar-Rihlat al-Hijaziyya al-ūlā, Nayl al-Mafāz al-awd ilā-l Hijāz, Ar-Rihlat al-Kanāriyya wal Kumāshiyya, Ar-Rihlat al-Kunākriyya] (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

57. Jawāhir ar-Rasā’il al-hāwī ba’ad al-‘ulūm wasīlat al-wasā’il (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

58. Tafsīr al-Jalālayni [by Jalāludeen al-Mahālī & Jalāludeen as-Suyūtī]

59. Tafsīr Ibn ‘Abbās (Tanwīr al-Miqbās) [by Abī Tāhir ibn Ya’aqūb Fairūzābādī]

60. Shams al-Ma’arif al-Kubrā wa Latā’if al-‘Awārif [by Imām Ahmad ibn ‘Aliyyu Al-Būnī]

61. Al-‘Ishrīniyya (Dīwān al-Wasā’il al-Mutaqabala fī mad’hi-n Nabiyyi) [by Wazīr Abdur-Rahmān al-Fāzāzī & Imām AbūBakr al-Muhīb]

62. Mukāshafat al-Qulūb [by Imām Abū-Hamīd al-Ghazzālī]

63. Ghāyatul Amānī fī Sīrat Sīdī Ahmad At-Tijānī [Compiled by Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Mada’ū Thānī]

64. Ifādatul Ahmadiyyah: Li-Mureed As-Sa’ādat al-Abadiyyah [by Sīdī Muhammad At-Tayyib As-Sufyānī]

65. Majmu’ Qasā’id al-Mawlid an-Nabawī (by Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

66. al-Irshādāt al-Rabbāniyyah bi al-Futūḥāt al-Ilāhiyyah li-Sīdī Abī-l ‘Abbās Ahmad al-Tijānī ‘alā Matn al-Hamziyyah li-Abī ‘Abdullah al-Būsayrī (The Lordly Guidance by way of Divine Illumination of Sīdī Abī-l ‘Abbās Ahmad al-Tijānī: Commentary to Text of Hamziyyah by Abu Abdullah al-Busayri) [Published by Sīdī ‘Alī Ḥarāzim Barrādah] – Arabic

67. Sirrul Asraar (by Shaikh AbdulQadir Jaylani)

68. Abu Ma’shar al Falaki (by Shaikh Abu Hayyillahi al-Marzuqi)

69. Ismu-llahi al-a’azam (by Shaikh AbdulFatai Tūkhī)

70. Tansheet as Sufiyya fi’l Ahzaab al-Qaadiriyya (Shaikh Nasiru Kabara & Alfa Nda Salati)

71. Urjuzat Ruh ul Adab (Shaikh Ibrahim Niasse)

72. Al-Burdat al-madeehi(Shaikh Būsayri)

73. Tafsīr al-Qur'ān al-'Azīm "lil-Imāmayn Al-Jalālayni" - Warsh & Hafs - 2 Vols (Arabic)

74. Mukhtārāt min Mu'alafāt al-Fudiyāwiyūn [Selected Writings of the Fodios (Shaykh Usman, Abdullah & Muhammad Bello)] - 11 Vols (Arabic)

75. Natā'ij al-Asfār fī-s Salāt 'alā-n Nabiyy al-Mukhtār (by Shaykh Ahmad Abū-l Fat'h al-Yarwāwī)

76.Teebul Fā'ihi Wal Wirdu-s Sā'ihi fī Salātul Fātih (by Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Abdul Wāhid an-Nazeefī)

77. Tafsīr al-Qur'ān al-'Azīm "lil-Imāmayn Al-Jalālayni" (by Imām Jalālu-Deen Al-Muhalī & Imām Jalālu-Deen As-Suyūtī) [Warsh & Hafs Scripts - 2 Vols]

78. Rūh ul-Bayān fī Tafsīr ul-Qur'ān (10 Volumes Sūfī Tafsīr/Quranic Exegesis) [by Shaikh Ismā'īl al-Haqqī al-Barūsī]

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