Shiblī

ShiblīConsiders what is known of acclaimed early Sufi master Ab Bakr al Shibl and how he was characterized in various times and places. Early Sufi master Ab Bakr al Shibl (d. 946) is both famous and unknown. One of the pioneers of Islamic mysticism, he left no writings, but his legacy was passed down orally, and he has been acclaimed from his own time to the present. Accounts of Shibl present a fascinating figure: an eccentric with a showy red beard, a

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