Gifts for the Seeker Seerah The explanation takes from the

The explanation takes from the Shafi‘i Madhhab’s relied-upon reference works

was born and died in Tus in Central Asia

He is also the author of The Qur’an and the Prophet in the Writings of Shaykh Ahmad Al-Alawi (Islamic Texts Society

some of his works are just short pamphlets

Gifts for the Seeker Seerah The explanation takes from theThe work also includes the authors commentary on a poem on inner wayfaring which speaks of the most exalted stations of the path and goes on to explain a number of paradoxes of the Way, such as the reason as why the saints usually refuse to deploy their miraculous powers, preferring to concentrate on self scrutiny and the compassionate guidance of others. These points are illustrated with references to the famous mystical poems of Ibn al Farid and Abu