The nafs: lessons from Yusuf & Zulaykha

by Habib Ali al-Jifri

Other authorsRashad Jameer (Translator)
Paperback, 2022

Publication

Imprint: Pickering, Ontario : Wasila Press, 2022. Context: Originally transcribed in Arabic from public lectures held at Shaykh Muhammad b. Khalid Al Nahyan al-Thaqafi Centre in Al-Ayn, UAE, December 30, 2022. Responsibility: Habib Ali al-Jifri, translated from the Arabic by Rashad (Rayshaud) Jameer.Physical: Text : 1 volume : 105 pages ; 24 cm.

Call number

GT-I-S / Ali al-J

Barcode

BK-08610

ISBN

1999188225 / 9781999188221

Original publication date

2022

CSS Library Notes

Sects/Lineage: Ba'Alawi Sufi Order

Description: Habib Ali al-Jifri a descendant of the Noble Prophet ﷺ, is one of the leading scholars of the Ba'Alawi clan from the valley of Hadramaut (Yemen) who not only teaches the Prophetic Tradition (hadith), but strives to embody it and make it a living reality.

This Booklet provides lessons from the Quranic story of Prophet Yusuf (عليه السلام) and Zulaykha (The Minister's wife) and discusses the following areas:

Disciplining our souls (nafs)
The Brothers of Yusuf (عليه السلام) and their ploy
Tarbiya (Spiritual Training)
Zulaykha and her trap
Traps of the nafs in our daily lives
Lessons from Adam (عليه السلام) and Iblis
The arraogance (kibr) of saying 'me' (ana)
Hadiths about Sura Yusuf
Desire (Hawa)
The backstory of Zulaykha
The five infants who spoke in the cradle
Dream Interpretation in Islam
The dangers of lying about dream
-- from back cover

FY2023 /

Physical description

105 p.; 16 x 11 cm

Language

Original language

Arabic
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