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مَعْرُوف الْكَرْخِي

Maʿrūf al-Karkhī

quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified

returned to his Lord 200 AH / 815

his portrait is written, not drawn

The saint of Baghdad whose tomb is 'the tested antidote', a master of divine love and a pillar of the Sufi chains.

stationWalī
returned200 AH

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