The Generations · The Friends of God
quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified
returned to his Lord 575 AH / 1179
First of the Khwajagan, who received the silent remembrance from al-Khidr and set down the eight principles at the heart of the path.
His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.
Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.
