Ali ibn Abi Talib (‘Alī ibn ’Abī Ṭālib)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: (name) early leader of Muslim community and Sufi saint (male), died 7th century

Long Description: The cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and the fourth caliph of Islam. Married the Prophet’s favorite daughter Fātimah.

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)

Notes & References: See Islam and the Perennial Philosophy (Chapter “Seeds of a Divergence”)