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أَحْمَد الْغَزَالِي

Aḥmad al-Ghazālī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

returned to his Lord 520 AH / 1126

his portrait is written, not drawn

Younger brother of Imām al-Ghazālī and author of the Sawāniḥ, a jewel of the metaphysics of love.

stationWalī
returned520 AH

His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.