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Muslim / Sufi
20th Century
Algeria
(Africa)

 

Ahmad al-Alawi

Timeline (1869 - 1934)

 

Poems by Ahmad al-Alawi
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[Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi was] an Algerian saint considered by many to be one of the greatest Sufi Masters of the 20th century. He was largely unknown in the West until the publication of Martin Lings' classic work A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century: the Spiritual Legacy of Shaykh Ahmad al-Alawi.

-- From Music of the Sky: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry, edited by Patrick Laude and Barry McDonald

 

Poems by Ahmad al-Alawi

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Recommended Books

Music of the Sky: An Anthology of Spiritual Poetry, Edited by Patrick Laude / Edited by Barry McDonald

Amazon.com

A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century: Shaikh Ahmad al-Alawi, by Martin Lings

Amazon.com

Two Who Attained: Twentieth-Century Sufi Saints: Fatima al-Yashrutiyya & Shaykh Ahmad al-'Alawi , Translated by Leslie Cadavid

Amazon.com

The Uniqe Name, by Shaykh Mustafa Ahmad al-Alawi

Amazon.com

Related Links:

  Shaykh Sidi Ahmed Alawi
http://www.sufiway.net/ar_SidiAhmedAlawi.html

A translation of the life story of Shaikh Ahmad al-Alawi in his own words. Excerpted from Martin Lings' book A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century.
  Deen Islam - Abu Madyan, Ibn Arabi, Shadhili... Abhmed al-Alawi
http://www.deenislam.co.uk/mix/shadhili.htm

Contains a brief biographical sketch of al-Alawi and his significance to the Shadhili Sufi orders.
  Al-Alawi (1869-1934)
http://www.netowne.com/eastern/islam/alawi.htm

A detailed biography of Shaykh al-Alawi.
 

 


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