JĪLĪ, AL-


Meaning of JĪLĪ, AL- in English

born 1365

died с 1424

Islamic mystic.

Little is known of his life, though he is believed to have visited India in 1387 and to have studied in Yemen (1393–1403). Influenced by Studies in Islamic Mysticism . He asserted that the perfectly moral individual can attain unity with God, a unity already experienced by {{link=Muhammad">Muhammad and the other prophets, and then become a channel by which the whole community can enjoy contact with the divine being.

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