Ali ibn Abi Talib
(‘Alī ibn ’Abī Ṭālib)
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(name) early leader of Muslim community and Sufi saint (male), died 7th century. |
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The cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and the fourth caliph of Islam. Married the Prophet’s favorite daughter Fātimah. |
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Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) |
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See Islam and the Perennial Philosophy (Chapter “Seeds of a Divergence”) |
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