The Generations · The Friends of God
عَبْدُ الْقَادِر الْجِيلَانِي
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified
his portrait is written, not drawnHis portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.
stationWalī
told of himOne
day keptOne
What Is Told of Himمِمَّا يُحْكَى عَنْهُ
His Daysأَيَّامُهُ
Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.
