in full Shih 0101; b al-D 012B; n Ya 1E25; y 0101; ibn 1E24; abash ibn Am 012B; rak al-Suhraward 012B; or al-Maqt 016B; l
born 0441; 1155, Suhraward, Iran
died 1191, Aleppo, Syria
Muslim theologian and philosopher.
He studied in E 1E63; fah 0101; n, a leading centre of Islamic scholarship. His works fell into two categories: doctrinal and philosophical tracts, many of which took account of the ancient Greek philosophers, and shorter treatises intended to guide the mystic toward esoteric knowledge. His best-known work, The Wisdom of Illumination , held that existence is a single continuum that culminates in pure light, representing God. Charged with heresy by rivals in the Muslim clergy, he was executed by the Ayy 016B; bid prince Malik al- 1E92; 0101; hir
thus earning himself the appellation al-Maqt 016B; l ("the Killed").