Close Encounters of the Sufi Kind

In a well-known story, ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ appears to ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī in Mecca during the Hajj with good news from the Unseen world. The two Sufi masters later meet again, and al-Suhrawardī invests Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s sons and others with the khirqah, or Sufi robe. Despite the wondrous elements in thi...

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Main Author: Homerin, Th. Emil 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of Sufi studies
Year: 2017, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 117-132
Further subjects:B Aḥmad Ibn Khallikān al-Ḥarām al-Sharīf Hajj ikhwāniyyāt Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ khirqah Mecca Muḥammad Ibn al-Khiyamī Sufism ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī
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Summary:In a well-known story, ʿUmar Ibn al-Fāriḍ appears to ʿUmar al-Suhrawardī in Mecca during the Hajj with good news from the Unseen world. The two Sufi masters later meet again, and al-Suhrawardī invests Ibn al-Fāriḍ’s sons and others with the khirqah, or Sufi robe. Despite the wondrous elements in this account, new evidence suggests that much of this story is true. The proof texts are two poems by Muḥammad Ibn al-Khiyamī, and they underscore the value of poetry, particularly the ikhwāniyyāt, or verse exchanged between friends and colleagues, as a vital source for the social history of Islamic mysticism at that time.
ISSN:2210-5956
Contains:In: Journal of Sufi studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22105956-12341297