Autobiography of a Moroccan Sufi: Ahmad Ibn 'Ajiba [1747 - 1809]

Ibn 'Ajiba wrote his fahrasa, or autobiography, not for the pleasure of talking about himself but to celebrate God's kindness. It details his travels in search of both secular and spiritual knowledge, his entrance on a Sufi path strongly based within the Islamic tradition, and the social, intellectual, and spiritual struggles he encountered. This new English translation by David Streight is based on a contemporary French translation from the Arabic by the Swiss scholar Jean-Louis Michon.