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A Sufi Saint Of The Twentieth Century: Shaikh Ahmad Al-Alawi His SPiritual Heritage And Legacy
 
 
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A Sufi Saint Of The Twentieth Century: Shaikh Ahmad Al-Alawi His SPiritual Heritage And Legacy (Paperback)

by Martin Lings (Author)
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A masterly study of a man whose sanctity recalled the golden age of medieval mystics. In this well documented book Dr Lings draws on many rare sources...and has made some important original contributions. A. J. Arberry; What Martin Lings adds by way of commentary is of the greatest significance and may serve as a key to a deeper understanding of Islam as a whole. Titus Burckhardt


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'Even for those Westerners lacking even a basic knowledge of Islam, this book will benefit any sincere seeker of the spiritual path.'
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4.0 out of 5 stars From a novice..., Dec 23 2002
By Gregory Scarborough (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews
Though I don't know much about such things as whether this book is good in comparison to others, I can give my personal opinion. The first half of the book is more or less a biography, which is both entertaining and inspirational for anyone who likes to read about people and their lives...one interesting side note is that they compare his greatness to that of Ramana Maharshi. In any case...the second half of the book is absolutly amazing, and anyone who is new to the language the sufis use to explain universal truths will say "wow" more than once while reading this book...I would read a page or two and it would be interesting, and then I would suddenly read something that shifted me, made me give thanks and put the book down. This book is not for those who see themself as the judge..it is for those who are thankful for being gifted even the slightest desire to want to know and be with God. You will find something useful here. Peace.
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3.0 out of 5 stars not bad..., Aug 10 2000
I give it the stars, only because it is the only English translation of the great Shaykh Al Alawi. The BIGGEST mistake of the book, and why oh why did they get away with it was when the story goes how Al Alawi was given the tariq. pg 68 says that he received the tariq in a dream. This is incorrect, and if it wasn't for that I would have given this book more stars! All in all, it was a nice read, there is a photo of him Rahimullah, Is it really him though?? Although it is a biography, at the end there are some of his wonderful poetry, and Mystical sayings to his murid's! That was the highlight of the book, oh and some nice brush ups on Islamic history of that time in the Maghrib area!
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