Sufi saints or Wali (
Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading
Islam throughout the world.[1] In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work
miracles."[2]
List
Mosque and shrine of Sayyid Baha ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. After whom the Naqshbandi Golden Chain is named after.Quranic calligraphy inscribed on the walls of the famous 12th century Islamic saint, scholar, jurist and theologian Jalal ad-Din Rumi in Konya, Turkey.Mosque and shrine of Imam Al-Mursi Abu'l-'Abbas, in ميدان المساجد، الجمرك، Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt.Shrine of Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani in Sindh, Pakistan
Ahmad Ghazali (1061 to 1123 or 1126, buried in
Qazvin, younger brother of the more famous Al-Ghazali, reasoned that as God is absolute beauty, to adore any object of beauty is to participate in a divine act of love)
Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508, buried in
Aden, the patron saint of Aden, credited with introducing
Qadiri Sufism to Ethiopia and coffee to the Arab world)
Al-Hallaj (858–922, ashes scattered in the
Tigris, imprisoned and executed after requesting "O Muslims, save me from God" and declaring "I am the Truth")
Al-Qushayri (986–1072, buried in Nishapur, author who distinguished four layers of Quranic interpretation and defended the historical lineage of Sufism)
^Gibb, H.A.R.; Kramers, J.H.; Levi-Provencal, E.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1960]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. I (A-B) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 69.
ISBN9004081143.
^Neeti M. Sadarangani. Bhakti poetry in medieval India. p. 60.
^originally compiled by Amir Hasan ʻAlāʼ Sijzī Dehlawī; English translation with introduction and historical annotation by Ziya-ul-Hasan Faruqi. (1996). Fawa'id Al-Fu'ad--Spiritual and Literary Discourses of Shaikh Nizammuddin Awliya. South Asia Books.
ISBN8124600422.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
^Gupta, M.G. (2000). Sarmad the Saint: Life and Works (Revised ed.). MG Publishers.
ISBN81-85532-32-X.
^Carl W. Ernst; Bruce B. Lawrence (2002). Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN1403960267.
^Tasadduq Husain (Jul–Aug 2002). "The Spiritual Journey of Dara Shukoh". Social Scientist. 30 (7/8): 54–66.
doi:
10.2307/3518151.
JSTOR3518151.
^DRAMK DURRANI (1989). "Central Asian Saints of Multan". Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar. {{
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help)
^Lal, Mohan. (2006) Encyclopaedia of Indian literature. Vol. 5, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, p. 3940.
ISBN81-260-1221-8
Sufi saints or Wali (
Arabic: ولي, plural ʾawliyāʾ أولياء) played an instrumental role in spreading
Islam throughout the world.[1] In the traditional Islamic view, a saint is portrayed as someone "marked by [special] divine favor ... [and] holiness", and who is specifically "chosen by God and endowed with exceptional gifts, such as the ability to work
miracles."[2]
List
Mosque and shrine of Sayyid Baha ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. After whom the Naqshbandi Golden Chain is named after.Quranic calligraphy inscribed on the walls of the famous 12th century Islamic saint, scholar, jurist and theologian Jalal ad-Din Rumi in Konya, Turkey.Mosque and shrine of Imam Al-Mursi Abu'l-'Abbas, in ميدان المساجد، الجمرك، Qesm Al Gomrok, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt.Shrine of Pir Hadi Hassan Bux Shah Jilani in Sindh, Pakistan
Ahmad Ghazali (1061 to 1123 or 1126, buried in
Qazvin, younger brother of the more famous Al-Ghazali, reasoned that as God is absolute beauty, to adore any object of beauty is to participate in a divine act of love)
Abu Bakr al-Aydarus (1447–1508, buried in
Aden, the patron saint of Aden, credited with introducing
Qadiri Sufism to Ethiopia and coffee to the Arab world)
Al-Hallaj (858–922, ashes scattered in the
Tigris, imprisoned and executed after requesting "O Muslims, save me from God" and declaring "I am the Truth")
Al-Qushayri (986–1072, buried in Nishapur, author who distinguished four layers of Quranic interpretation and defended the historical lineage of Sufism)
^Gibb, H.A.R.; Kramers, J.H.; Levi-Provencal, E.; Schacht, J. (1986) [1st. pub. 1960]. Encyclopaedia of Islam. Vol. I (A-B) (New ed.). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. p. 69.
ISBN9004081143.
^Neeti M. Sadarangani. Bhakti poetry in medieval India. p. 60.
^originally compiled by Amir Hasan ʻAlāʼ Sijzī Dehlawī; English translation with introduction and historical annotation by Ziya-ul-Hasan Faruqi. (1996). Fawa'id Al-Fu'ad--Spiritual and Literary Discourses of Shaikh Nizammuddin Awliya. South Asia Books.
ISBN8124600422.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)
^Gupta, M.G. (2000). Sarmad the Saint: Life and Works (Revised ed.). MG Publishers.
ISBN81-85532-32-X.
^Carl W. Ernst; Bruce B. Lawrence (2002). Sufi Martyrs of Love: The Chishti Order in South Asia and Beyond. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
ISBN1403960267.
^Tasadduq Husain (Jul–Aug 2002). "The Spiritual Journey of Dara Shukoh". Social Scientist. 30 (7/8): 54–66.
doi:
10.2307/3518151.
JSTOR3518151.
^DRAMK DURRANI (1989). "Central Asian Saints of Multan". Area Study Centre (Central Asia), University of Peshawar. {{
cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (
help)
^Lal, Mohan. (2006) Encyclopaedia of Indian literature. Vol. 5, Sahitya Akademi, Delhi, p. 3940.
ISBN81-260-1221-8