Wazifa Zarruqiyya

Wazifa Zarruqiyya
	Text of Wazifa Zarruqiyya
Author	Ahmad Zarruq
Original title	سَفِينَةُ النَّجَا لِمَنْ إِلَى اللَهِ اِلْتَجَا‎
Working title	الوظيفة الزروقية
Country	Maghreb
Language	Arabic
Subject	Dhikr, Dua, Wird
Genre	Wazifa

In Sufism, the Wazifa Zarruqiyya (Arabic: الْوَظِيفَةُ الزَّرُّوقِيَّةُ) is a regular wazifa or litany practiced by followers in the Shadhili order of Sufism and 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]

This wazifa was initiated and compiled by the Maliki Sunni Sufi theologian Ahmad Zarruq (1442–1493 CE), the founder of the Zarruqi branch of Shadhili sufism.^[3] to train his murids or followers to recite morning and evening litanies daily.^[4] This Muslim scholar and sufi sheikh assembled a panoply of Quranic ayahs and prophetic duas dedicated to the morning and night litanies to which the murids must assiduously submit.^[5] Zarruq, who studied in Béjaïa, is well-known in the Muslim world^[6]

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

There is no Sufism except through fiqh, and there is no fiqh but through Sufism.^[9]

Practice[edit]

This wazifa is recited individually or collectively after Fajr prayer in the morning and after Asr prayer in the afternoon.^[10] The recitation begins with the pronunciation of Ta'awwudh then of Basmala followed by Āyah 163 of Surah al-Baqarah.^[11]

Next comes the tilawa of Āyah 1 from Surah Al Imran, followed by Āyah 111 of Surah Ta-Ha and then the Throne verse.^[12]

Several verses follow each other in the recitation with a specific repetition for each of them. Then the murid recites authentic duas related by Muhammad, and relating to the morning and evening as well as to personal and congregational well-being.^[13]

The content of the wazifa is finally completed with the recitation of the last three verses Āyates 180 to 182 of Surah As-Saaffat.^[14]

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References[edit]

^ Brustad, Kristen (18 June 2001). Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literary Tradition. ISBN 978-0-520-22667-8.
^ Krätli, Graziano; Lydon, Ghislaine (2011). The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa. ISBN 978-9004187429.
^ Dévényi, Kinga; Abdul-Fattah, Munif; Fiedler, Katalin (30 October 2015). Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts in the Library of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. ISBN 9789004306936.
^ MacKinlay, Elizabeth (2010). Ageing and Spirituality Across Faiths and Cultures. ISBN 978-1-84905-006-7.
^ Dickson, William Rory (11 September 2015). Living Sufism in North America: Between Tradition and Transformation. ISBN 978-1-4384-5758-1.
^ Lūqā, Anwar; Louca, Anouar; Schmitt, Edeltraud von der (2005). Catalogue des manuscrits orientaux de la Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Genève. ISBN 978-3-906769-03-5.
^ Kugle, Scott Alan (2006). Rebel Between Spirit and Law: Ahmad Zarruq, Sainthood, and Authority in Islam. ISBN 0-253-34711-4.
^ Michon, Jean-Louis (1973). Le soufi marocain Aḥmad ibn ʻAjība (1746–1809) et son Miʻrāj: Glossaire de la mystique musulmane. ISBN 9782711605712.
^ الأذكار السنية بالمدرسة الزروقية. January 2012. ISBN 9782745173461.
^ "مؤلفات الشيخ أحمد زروق : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive".
^ الأنوار السنية شرح الوظيفة الزروقية (سفينة النجا لمن التجا) لسيدي زروق الفاسي. January 2007. ISBN 9782745158079.
^ الشيخ أحمد زروق (محتسب العلماء والأولياء - الجامع بين الشريعة والحقيقة) المدرسة الزروقية. January 2019. ISBN 9782745189813.
^ الأنوار الإلهية بالمدرسة الزروقية. January 2011. ISBN 9782745172754.
^ النصائح الزروقية. January 2017. ISBN 9782745187093.

[1] Brustad, Kristen (18 June 2001). Interpreting the Self: Autobiography in the Arabic Literary Tradition. ISBN 978-0-520-22667-8.

[2] Krätli, Graziano; Lydon, Ghislaine (2011). The Trans-Saharan Book Trade: Manuscript Culture, Arabic Literacy and Intellectual History in Muslim Africa. ISBN 978-9004187429.

[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. ISBN 9789004306936.

[4] MacKinlay, Elizabeth (2010). Ageing and Spirituality Across Faiths and Cultures. ISBN 978-1-84905-006-7.

[5] Dickson, William Rory (11 September 2015). Living Sufism in North America: Between Tradition and Transformation. ISBN 978-1-4384-5758-1.

[6] Lūqā, Anwar; Louca, Anouar; Schmitt, Edeltraud von der (2005). Catalogue des manuscrits orientaux de la Bibliothèque publique et universitaire, Genève. ISBN 978-3-906769-03-5.

[7] Kugle, Scott Alan (2006). Rebel Between Spirit and Law: Ahmad Zarruq, Sainthood, and Authority in Islam. ISBN 0-253-34711-4.

[8] Michon, Jean-Louis (1973). Le soufi marocain Aḥmad ibn ʻAjība (1746–1809) et son Miʻrāj: Glossaire de la mystique musulmane. ISBN 9782711605712.

[9] الأذكار السنية بالمدرسة الزروقية. January 2012. ISBN 9782745173461.

[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. ISBN 9782745158079.

[12] الشيخ أحمد زروق (محتسب العلماء والأولياء - الجامع بين الشريعة والحقيقة) المدرسة الزروقية. January 2019. ISBN 9782745189813.

[13] الأنوار الإلهية بالمدرسة الزروقية. January 2011. ISBN 9782745172754.

[14] النصائح الزروقية. January 2017. ISBN 9782745187093.

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