ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jīlī
ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jīlī ( Arabic عبد الكريم الجيلي, DMG ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Ǧīlī ) (born 1365 ; died around 1424 ) was a Sufi - Sheikh and descendant of the well-known mystic Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani .
al-Insān al-kāmil
His literary work al-insān al-kāmil ( The Perfect Man ) is counted among the masterpieces of Sufi literature. With this work, Abdul Karim Jili is considered the most important among those who systematized the work of Ibn ¡Arab∆ .
literature
- Burckhardt, Titus (transl.): De l'homme universal: extraits du livre al-insān al-kāmil. Traduits de l'arabe et commentés par Titus Burckhardt. Alger, Messerschmitt / Lyon, P. Derain (1953)
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| SURNAME | ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Jīlī |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | عبد الكريم الجيلي (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sufi Sheikh |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1365 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1424 |