Sidi Ahmad Zarruq’s Commentary on Shaykh al-Shadhili’s Hizb al-Bahr family) and students of traditional Islamic

and students of traditional Islamic spirituality

First Edition (1 November 2023)

praying and mahram/ non-mahram relations

the Ḥizb al-Baḥr emerges not merely as a protective supplication—but as a living embodiment of tawḥīd

the Sufi sheikh and scholar Abu al-‘Abbas Ahmad ibn Ahmad al-Zarruq al-Burnusi al-Fasi (d

Sidi Ahmad Zarruq’s Commentary on Shaykh al-Shadhili’s Hizb al-Bahr family) and students of traditional IslamicSidi Ahmad Zarruqs Commentary on Shaykh al Shadhilis Hizb al Bahr, Khalid Williams (tr.) This English translation presents, for the first time, the illuminating commentary of Sidi Amad Zarrqrenowned jurist, spiritual guide, and reformer of the Sufi pathon izb al Bar (The Litany of the Sea), the celebrated supplication composed by Imm Abl asan al Shdhil. Far more than a line by line explanation, Zarrqs commentary is a spiritual roadmap that unpacks the