Two Who Attained: Twentieth-Century Sufi Saints, Shaykh Ahmad al-'Alawi & Fatima al-YashrutiyyaRare glimpses of two 20th century Sufi saints are offered in this work: the eminent Shaykh al Alawi and the lesser known woman saint Fatima al Yashrutiyya, both of whom continued on the Sufi path even as they watched their worlds crumble. Shaykh al Alawi's influence was pivotal to the spiritual development of Thomas Merton, who looked to al Alawi's writings and teachings in his own practice (see Fons Vitae's Merton and Sufism). Fatima al Yashrutiyya

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On his way the Sufi also experiences various psychological and emotional states (hal/ahwal)

Perhaps his most significant and enduring legacy is a renewed awareness

assessing those forces that have contributed to the nation's growth as well as those that have impeded it

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struggle and beauty of our Prophet

Suitable for university courses and all serious students of Islam

It is written by Asmaa Taba'

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