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THE TA'IYYAH OF ABU ISHAQ AL ILBEEREE
WHO IS ABU ISHAQ?
‫َتُف ُّت ُف َؤ اَد َك اَألَّياُم َف َّتا … َو َتْنِح ُت ِج ْس َم َك الَّس اَع اُت َنْحَتا‬
d. 459 AH / 1067 CE
Ibira in the province of
The [passing of] days have crushed your heart into
Granada (he was exiled to)
faqih of the Maliki school
Qadhi (involved with politics
/ governmental)
THE POEM: THE TA'IYYAH
didactic: lessoned to others in
patronized form
intended to teach, not to sound
arrogant - advice with wisdom and
true perspective.
readers
- The Character 'Abu Bakr' -
addressed to his son, Abu Bakr, as
found in the poem (line#6, line#88)
cultural in Arabic Language, to
address someone, refer as Abu Bakr,
to bring value to the instruction (give
birth to a character). Abu Bakr is not
someone who they make offend to,
just like 'Ya Muhammad'
an oppressive colleague (line#88)
‫َو َتْنِح ُت ِج ْس َم َك الَّس اَع اُت َنْحَتا‬
- The main themes -
>> the reality of life
>> the reality of this world
>> the reality of knowledge
>> the function of knowledge
>> the pitfalls of knowledge
>> the responsibility of knowledge
>> the virtues of knowledge
led by Sheikh dr. sajid Omar
LINE#1
crumbs
***
And the hours carve away at your body
COMMENTARY @LINE#1
the sign of eloquence; depth of knowledge,
culture, mannerism etc.
>> able to capture ideas in prose & speech,
reflecting life, adaptable without beating around
the bush, filled with information.
>> words that creates images that captures
‫َتُف ُّت ُف َؤ اَد َك اَألَّياُم َف َّتا‬
>> ‫ َف َّتا‬broken, crushed implying death
>> ‫ ُف َؤ اَد َك‬heart, core of guidance & light
>> broken light --> broken heart into piece by time
>> ‫ َتُف ُّت َف َّتا‬--> description broken in style
>> switching paradigm: life ending slowly, not how
much time you have, but how much time left
>> sense of urgency -
the days are counted, crushing the heart
>> ‫ َو َتْنِح ُت َنْحَتا‬its cutting your body, physically
the time is limited, cutting the body
>> life is about being enough; being a
body > soul > mind > heart > self
>> time is like a sword, if you don't cut it, it will cut
you - arabic proverb -
[Al-'Asr 103:1-2]
)٢( ‫) ِإَّن ٱِإۡلنَٰس َن َلِف ي ُخۡس ٍر‬١(‫َو ٱۡلَع ۡص ِر‬
By the time, man is in utter loss.
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26th Sept 22 @ 8pm GMT

steps to led by Sheikh dr. sajid Omar

THE TA'IYYAH OF ABU ISHAQ AL ILBEEREE AL-QUR'AN
LINE#2 LINGUISTIC MEANING
QUR'AN, ‫ قرآن‬, derived from:
‫َو َتْدُعوَك الَم ُنوُن ُدَع اَء ِص ْد ٍق … َأاَل َيا َص اِح َأْنَت ُأِريُد َأْنَتا‬
‫ قرأنا‬٬ ‫ يقرأ‬٬ ‫قرأ‬
Death calls out to you in earnest
*** i.e., linguistically means:
“O friend! It is you I desire! You!” (1) READ, ‫ >>> قرأ‬Qur'an to be the

object, which an action if done to
COMMENTARY @LINE#2 it.

‫َو َتْدُعوَك الَم ُنوُن ُدَع اَء ِص ْد ٍق‬ (2) GATHER, ‫ >> يقرأ‬Qur'an as the
>> life is eating us subject, the doer of an action.
>> Ibn Umar reported: The Messenger of Allah,
peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Be in QURAN, is a book that GATHERS
this world as if you were a stranger or a traveler verses and that is READ.
along a path.” Ibn Umar would say, “If you make
it to the evening, do not wait for the morning. If
you make it to the morning, do not wait for the
evening. Take from your health for your sickness,
FEATURES OF THE QUR'AN
and from your life for your death.”
>> ‫ ; اْغ َتِنْم َخْم ًس ا َق ْب َل َخْم ٍس‬Take advantage of Arabic Speech of Allah,
five before five;
>> ‫ ;َتْدُعو‬call >> ‫ الَم ُنوُن‬death ==> death is calling which He SWT revealed to the final
you, truthfully! Messenger, Muhammad SAW

‫َأاَل َيا َص اِح َأْنَت ُأِريُد َأْنَتا‬ in wording and meaning upon 7
>> oh my companion , ‫ >== َأاَل َيا َص اِح‬death is Ahruf (modes of recitation)
actually our friend; always with us, moving hand
via the trustworthy and
in hand
>> "you, i'm talking to you!" ‫ >== َأْنَت ُأِريُد َأْنَتا‬you
able Angel, Jibreel AS,
that i desire, i'm coming to you
and it is preserved in the hearts of
the believers before the Mushaf
>> the poet cementing the same idea
repetitively in Line#2, in comparison to Line#1, and transferred in verbatim across
with totally different 'tone' generations heart to heart since
>> it's not repeating, rather make the listener Revelation
jumped up and wanted to listen for more.
via authentic chains in a manner
SELF-REFLECTION that is immune to doubt;
Treat your day as your guess, honour it!
and there is a challenge to mankind
Time is your most loyal BFF, take its benefit and
to produce something like it.
make it beneficial, while it last