Sahl al-Tustarī (Arabic: سهل التستري) or Sahl Shushtarī (Persian: سهل شوشتری) according to Persian custom, born Abū Muḥammad Sahl ibn ʿAbd Allāh (c.818...

extensively in Arabia and Syria. The Muslim scholar and Sufi Sahl al-Tustari was one of Dhul-Nun al-Misri's students. In 829 he was arrested on a charge of...

the school of Sahl al-Tustari. During this period al-Hallaj lost his ability to speak Persian and later wrote exclusively in Arabic. Al-Hallaj was a Sunni...

(Arabic: الطريقة التجانية, romanized: al-Ṭarīqa al-Tijāniyya) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after Ahmad al-Tijani. It originated in the Maghreb...

romanized: 'Abdulqādir Gīlānī, Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلاني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi leader who was the...

Tafsir al-Qu'ran al-'Azim [ar] (Interpretation of the Great Qur'an) by Sahl al-Tustari (d. 283/896), the oldest Sufi commentary on the Qur'an. Lata'if al-Isharat [ar]...

Abu Sa'id ibn Abi al-Hasan Yasar al-Basri, often referred to as Hasan of Basra or Hasan al-Basri, was an ancient Muslim preacher, ascetic, theologian,...

Abū al-ʻAbbās Ahmad ibn Muhammad at-Tijāniyy or Ahmed Tijani (Arabic: أحمد التجاني, 1735–1815), was an Algerian Sharif who founded the Tijaniyyah tariqa...

Sarmast (1739-1827) Shaban Veli Shah Maroof Khushabi Sidi Boushaki Sahl al-Tustari Salim Chishti (1478–1572) Salman the Persian Sanai Syed Ahmad Sultan...

the "Sultan". The exact birth date of Abu-l-Qāsim al-Junayd ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Junayd al-Khazzāz al-Qawārīrī (Arabic: أبو القاسم الجنيد بن محمد الخزاز...

Rābiʼa al-ʼAdawiyya al-Qaysiyya (Arabic: رابعة العدوية القيسية; c. 716 – 801 CE) was a poet, one of the earliest Sufi mystics and an influential religious...

(1173-1235) Rabi'a al-'Adawiyya Rahman Baba Reshad Feild Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi Rumi Ruwaym Sari al-Saqati Sahl al-Tustari Shaqiq al-Balkhi Sanai Hakim...

الطريقة القادرية, romanized: al-Ṭarīqa al-Qādiriyya) is a Sufi mystic order (tariqa) founded by Shaiykh Syed Abdul Qadir Gilani Al-Hassani (1077–1166, also...

Ibn 'Arabi by al-Izz is reported by 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Qusi, al-Fayruzabadi, al-Qari al-Baghdadi, al-Suyuti, al-Sha'rani, al-Maqqari, Ibn al-'Imad, and some...

a human scarecrow as a warning to other sailors on the strait. Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, the companion and standard bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad...

Şufi Sahl al-Tustari (d. 283/896). Berlin and New York, 1980, pp. 25–7. Qut al-qulub fi mu'amalat al-mahbub wa wasf tariq al-murid ila maqam al-tawhid (The...

Abū Bakr al-Jazūli al-Simlālī (Arabic: أبو عبدالله محمد بن سليمان بن ابوبكر الجزولي السّملالي الحسني) (d. 1465AD = 870AH), often known as Imam al-Jazuli...

(Arabic: الطريقة النقشبندية, romanized: al-Ṭarīqat al-Naqshbandiyya) is a Sufi order of Sunni Islam named after Baha al-Din Naqshband. They trace their silsila...

Chishti is the most famous sheikh; the Suhrawardi Order, named after Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi ; the Burhaniyya becoming popular within the people of Pakistan...

the Grand Sanussi (Arabic: السنوسي الكبير as-Sanūssiyy al-Kabīr), the Algerian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi. During World War I the Senussis fought against...

have spread far wide during his lifetime. Al-Sulami received his teaching certificate (ijaza) from Abu Sahl al-Sa'luki [ar] and, some time after, he received...

initiated by Abu Ishaq Shami. The order was brought to South Asia by Mu'in al-Din Chishti in the city of Ajmer. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis...

reflected on the works of Sahl al-Tustari, al-Junayd al-Baghdadi, Abu Talib al-Makki, Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi, and Ibn Arabi...

rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols. Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī (Persian: جلال‌الدین محمّد رومی), or simply Rumi (30 September...

Bakr al-Shibli (Arabic: أبو بكر الشبلي, romanized: ʾAbū Bakr al-Shiblī; 861–946) was an important Sufi of Persian descent, and a disciple of Junayd al-Baghdadi...

Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ (died 803 / AH 187, الفضيل بن عياض, full name Al-Fuḍayl ibn ʻIyāḍ ibn Bishr ibn Masūd Abū ʻAlī at-Tamīmī al-Yarbūʻī al-Khurāsānī, was...

that "God created the spirits before the bodies". Others, such as Sahl al-Tustari, believed that the Quranic Verse of Light alludes to Muhammad's pre-existence...

Dawud Tai Harith al-Muhasibi Abu Soleiman Darayi Muhammad Ibn Sammak Muhammad Aslam Al-Tusi Ahmad ibn Harb Hatam Asam Sahl al-Tustari Maruf Karkhi Fath...

media related to Mevlevi order. Mevlevi Order of America Video of Ensemble Al-Kindi & The Whirling Dervishes of Damascus Pictures of Mevlevi museum in Istanbul...

birthday of Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. A day central to the traditions...