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Muslim / Sufi
13th Century
Egypt
(Middle East)

 

Ibn Ata' Illah

Timeline (1250 - 1309)

 

Poems by Ibn Ata' Illah
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Shaykh Ibn Ata' Illah was a Sufi saint and master in 13th century Egypt. This was a time of flowering in the Islamic world, and in particular within the Sufi spiritual traditions. Several new and long-lasting Sufi lineages were forming to retain and channel the great spiritual outpouring of the time.

Ibn Ata' Illah was an early spiritual leader of the Shadhiliyyah Sufi order, which is a prominent and widespread Sufi order today.

His Kitab al-Hikam (The Book of Aphorisms) is his most widely read and memorized work, a rich, poetic collection of spiritual maxims composed in majestic Arabic.

 

Poems by Ibn Ata' Illah

  A feeling of discouragement when you slip up
  How can you imagine that something else veils Him
  How utterly amazing is someone who flees from something he cannot escape
  The best you can seek from Him
  The light of the inner eye lets you see His nearness to you.
  Those travelling to Him

Recommended Books

Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations, Translated by Victor Danner / Translated by Wheeler M. Thackston

Amazon.com

Related Links:

  The Hikam of Ibn 'Ata'llah
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ABewley/hikam.html
The complete text of Ibn 'Ata'illah's Kitab al-Hikam (or Book of Wisdom) online, along with the commentary by Ibn 'Ajiba.
  The Aphorisms of Ibn Ata 'Illah
http://www.masud.co.uk/ISLAM/nuh/hikam1.htm
A brief article on the Kitab al-Hikam.
 


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