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This article examines the quatrains of Abderrahman Majdoub (1506-1568), the Moroccan Sufi poet whose vernacular poetry represents a distinctive intersection of mystical spirituality and socio-political criticism in early modern North Africa. Through the lens of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), this study analyzes how Majdoub employed the quatrain form—rooted in oral tradition and accessible vernacular—to construct a counter-hegemonic discourse challenging political corruption, economic inequality, and religious hypocrisy during the rise of the Saadian dynasty. Unlike contemporary Sufi figures who withdrew from society into zawiyas, Majdoub engaged directly with public affairs, using poetry as an instrument of moral accountability. The analysis reveals four primary discursive strategies: the delegitimization of unqualified authority through metaphors of natural disorder; the construction of economic justice as foundational to religious practice; the exposure of performative religiosity as social hypocrisy; and the articulation of an ascetic alternative grounded in nature and spiritual autonomy. Majdoub's poetry demonstrates how vernacular literary forms can function as vehicles for social criticism within Islamic contexts, offering insights into premodern traditions of public intellectual engagement and the relationship between Sufism and social reform.