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أَبُو الْقَاسِم الْقُشَيْرِي

Abūʾl-Qāsim al-Qushayrī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

376 – 465 AH / 986 – 1072

his portrait is written, not drawn

Author of the Risāla, the classic defence and summary of the Sufi path in the language of the scholars.

stationWalī
born376 AH
returned465 AH

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