العَبْرَةُ بِطُولِ العِبْرَةِ

Ana ɗaukar littafin «Darasi ta Tsawon Kuka» cikin ƙananan rubuce-rubuce masu ɗan taɓo na tunani (ta’amuli) da al-‘allāma ɗan Maroko al-Ḥājj Aḥmad Sukayrij ya rubuta, ɗaya daga manyan alamomin ṭarīqa at-Tījāniyya a zamani na kusa. Wannan rubutu yana zuwa ne a siffar yi wa kai hisābi (muhāsaba) da tunani a kan matakai daban-daban na nafsi tun daga farkon samuwarta a ‘Ālam al-Amr har zuwa bayyana a ‘Ālam al-Khalq, tare da wucewa ta matakan shekaru masu jere daga ƙuruciya (ṭufūla) da samartaka (ṣibā) zuwa lokacin taklīf da abin da ya biyo bayansa.

Marubucin yana dogara da salo na magana kai-tsaye ga nafsi; yana tattaunawa da ita, yana tsawata mata, yana tunasar da ita abin da ya fito daga gare ta na gafala ko sakaci, yana kuma ɗauko al’adun muhāsaba ta ruhaniya da aka sani a cikin adabin ṣūfiyya. Ta cikin wannan tattaunawar tunani marubucin yana gabatar da tsantsar fahimta mai daidaito game da halayen nafsi da juyawarta, yana bayyana bambance-bambance tsakanin rūḥ da nafsi, da matakan haɓakar ruhaniya da nafsi za ta iya motsawa a cikinsu daga maqām zuwa maqām.

Littafin ya kasu zuwa wasu matakai da ke wakiltar marhalolin tafiyar nafsi: matakinta na farko a gaban Ḥaḍrat al-Quds, sa’an nan wucewarta ta cikin nasaba, sai marhalar mahaifa (raḥim), sai ƙuruciya, sai samartaka, sannan matakin taklīf da abin da yake rataye a kansa na alhaki da muhāsaba. A kowane mataki marubucin yana tuno ɓangaren ɗabi’a da ruhaniya na tafiyar ɗan Adam, yana kiran zuwa farkawa daga gafala da kuma kamo abin da ya wuce kafin lokaci ya ƙure.

An buga wannan rubutu a karon farko a Maṭba‘at al-‘Arab a Al-Qāhira a ƙaramin bugun littafi, kuma ana ɗaukarsa a matsayin taƙaice misali na adabin muhāsaba ta ruhaniya a cikin turāth na ṣūfiyya na Maroko, haka kuma yana wakiltar wani ɓangare na abin da Aḥmad Sukayrij ya samar na ilimi da ruhaniya a cikin yanayin rubuce-rubucen da suka shafi turāth na Tījānī.

Kuma littafin yana wakiltar abu mai amfani ga masu bincike a taṣawwuf na Musulunci, da masu sha’awar turāth na ṭarīqa at-Tījāniyya, da masu karatu da ke nazarin adabin ṣūfiyya na gargajiya da ya shafi muhāsaba ta nafsi da matakanta a cikin tunanin ruhaniya na Musulunci.