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أَبُو النَّجِيب السُّهْرَوَرْدِي

Ḍiyāʾ ad-Dīn Abūʾn-Najīb as-Suhrawardī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

490 – 563 AH / 1097 – 1168

his portrait is written, not drawn

Founder of the Suhrawardi way and author of the Adab al-Muridin, the manners of the seekers.

stationWalī
born490 AH
returned563 AH

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