The Best Explanations of the Al-Nuniyyah Poem

The questioner:
What is the best of the printed commentaries on the al-Nuniyyah poem, and which is better: the commentary by Shaykh Muhammad Murat or the commentary by Shaykh Ahmad ibn al-Is?

The Shaykh:
They are all good, and none of them suffices in place of the others. The second one is the commentary of Shaykh Abd al-Rahman ibn Sa‘id (may Allah have mercy on him), which is also good, in the sense that it is a summary. All of them, none suffices in place of the others. The truth is that it has not been explained in the way that the required and comprehensive explanation demands; it has not been fully explained to this day. But these are attempts—attempts to document it—and may Allah reward them with good. They have performed a great duty by bringing it closer, but the appropriate and comprehensive explanation for it has not been written to this day.

The questioner:
Shaykh, a nice point.

The Shaykh:
Shaykh Abd al-Latif wrote an introduction; he did not enter into the subject matter, it is only an introduction.