<![CDATA[This article explores the journey of Zayn al-Dīn al-Malībārī’s (d. 1522) Hidāyat al-adhkiyā’ from Malabar to Indonesia as a “traveling text". Combining historical-philological approaches with digital exploration, it maps three media regimes (manuscript, print, and online platforms) and their effects on authority and pedagogy in pesantren. In its early Indonesian reception, scholars reauthorized this Sufi text through commentaries (sharḥ), poetic interpretation, and interlinear translation (ngalogat/ngapsahi), anchoring meaning to local needs. Print capitalism and pesantren publishers then expanded circulation beyond traditional kiai-santri networks. In the era of live streaming, serialized religious lectures delivered in Indonesia’s linguistic varieties transform textual consumption, shifting from closed, ijāzah-based study to monetized, scheduled content, while reconfiguring figures of authority, audiences, and the knowledge economy. The findings reveal an ongoing vernacularization that crosses linguistic, institutional, and technological boundaries, renegotiating relations among Sufism, markets, and the contemporary Muslim.]]>
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