Ibn Ataillah al-Iskandari (’Ibn ‘Aṭā’illāh al-’Iskandarī)

(Language: Arabic)

Short Description: (name) Sufi saint (male), died 1309

Long Description: An early master of the Shādhiliyah order. Author of the well-known collection of Sufi apothegms the Kitāb al-Ḥikam (“Book of Wisdom”).

Sources: Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt)