الأمد الأقصى-التقوى

A hidden gem, this is a powerful work on our ultimate objective and our relationship with Allah, by an early master, Abu Zayd ad-Dabusi d.430 ah.

He divided the book in 12 kutub, each covering a different aspect. Some of them are:

كتاب جهاد النفس
كتاب حِكَم أصل الخلقة
كتاب العبودية
كتاب الفقر
كتاب أقسام الناس في الدين

Filled with fawaid, this book has strong comparisons to Imam Ghazali’s Ihya Ulum ad-Din, though authored long before it and in a completely different style.

Due to the author being a master Usuli, the language adopted in the book is more challenging than most other books in this genre, which is possibly why most people paid scant attention to this valuable work. All previous editions of the book make understanding it difficult.

This edition has been carefully edited by a master muhaqqiq, Sh Anas Sharfawi, who used tashkil, different colour fonts, sub-headings and explanatory footnotes to make it easy for all to benefit from this masterpiece. He added on an amazing dirasah, guiding us to the many fawaid in the book.

This edition has to be seen to be appreciated. It is a beautiful, high-quality, mulawwan edition in a thick volume of 800 pages, edited using 7 manuscripts.