Saleem Abu Jaber – författare

Hasan al-Turabi (1932-2016) was born into a Sudanese family with a clerical and Sufi history. Whilst studying law at the University of Khartoum, he became a leader of the Islamic student movement. After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of London, he achieved a PhD at the University of Sorbonne in 1964. Upon returning to Sudan to pursue an academic career at the University of Khartoum, he soon became one of the leaders of the Islamic National Front. After being imprisoned for nearly seven years, he went on to hold numerous government posts, culminating in his most influential period during the rule of ‘Umar al-Bashir. He ultimately fell out of favour with the government, and faced trials and imprisonment. The Political Thought of Hasan al-Turabi identifies Turabi as arguably the leading Sudanese Islamic political thinker and activist of recent times, and sets out the main influences upon Turabi’s thought. Yet it is demonstrated that Turabi was an original thinker, who digested but then adapted the thought of his predecessors. Whilst his political goal was to politically unite the Islamic world, he also strove to improve relations with the non-Muslim world. Furthermore, his political thought sought to unite the Muslims and non-Muslims of Sudan in a peaceful unity, whilst working to raise the status of the poor and women.

هذا الكتاب، يقدّمُ للقارئ عُقود الجُمان في إثبات نُبُوَّة الخَضر ووجودهِ إلى آخِر الزّمان، تقديمًا وتحقيقًا وتعليقًا لِيُعَرّف بصاحبه البكريّ الصدّيقيّ ومكانته العِلميّة والثقافيّة، وإِسهاماته التي دفعَ بها في سبيل رَفْع مكانة العِلم وتمكينه، خاصّة في علوم التفسير والحديث، والفِقه، واللّغة والتّاريخ.يُعْتَبَرُ هذا الكتاب مُتميّزًا عن غيره مِن الكُتب التي تختصُّ بالفترة العثمانيّة، لأنّه ينفرد بالحديث عن المؤرّخ والمُفسّر المِصريّ، محمّد بن أَبي السُّرور البكري الصدّيقيّ، المعروف بتقرّبه وتأييده للسلطات العثمانيّة. كما أنّه ينفرد بالكشف عن مجموعة رسائل سمّاها "عُقود الجُمان في إثبات نُبُوَّة الخَضر ووجودهِ إلى آخِر الزّمان" رسالة في ذِكر أخبار عساكر العِصيان الواردين مِن جِهة الأقطار اليمانيّة; الدّاخلين على حَرَمِ مكّة المُشَرَّفَة، ، ليضع بين يديّ الباحث والقارئ مصادر تاريخيّة هامّة تُنشَر لأوّل مرّة هنا. This book presents a scholarly edition of the aforementioned scholar’s work, Pearl Necklaces: Affirming the Prophecy of al-Khaḍir and his Presence until the End of Time, with an introduction and commentary. The aim is to familiarize the reader with this important scholar, al-Bakrī al-Ṣiddīqī, and the scholarly and cultural significance of his work.What sets this work apart from other treatises dealing with the Ottoman period is its focus on the Egyptian historian and exegete Abū al-Surūr al-Bakrī al-Ṣiddīqī, known for his close connections to the Ottoman authorities. In it we present an annotated edition, with an introduction and commentary, of a collection of letters entitled Pearl Necklaces: Affirming the Prophecy of al-Khaḍir and his Presence until the End of Time, in addition to another composition, A Letter Relating the Events Surrounding the Rebelling Troops That Came from Yemen and Entered Mecca, thus providing scholars and other interested parties with important historical sources that see the light of day for the first time here.