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    Fakhruddin Ibrahim μIraqi was a 13th century Sufi mystic and scholar from Iran who traveled extensively and studied under several masters. As a young man he surprised people by joining a group of traveling dervishes. He later received initiation into the Suhrawardiyya Order in Multan under Shaykh Baha¶uddin and lived there for 25 years composing poetry. When tensions arose, he fled to Mecca and Konya, Turkey where he became a disciple of Sadruddin Qunawi and was deeply influenced by the teachings of Ibn μArabi. This inspired him to write his masterwork "Divine Flashes" commenting on

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    Fakhruddin Ibrahim μIraqi was a 13th century Sufi mystic and scholar from Iran who traveled extensively and studied under several masters. As a young man he surprised people by joining a group of traveling dervishes. He later received initiation into the Suhrawardiyya Order in Multan under Shaykh Baha¶uddin and lived there for 25 years composing poetry. When tensions arose, he fled to Mecca and Konya, Turkey where he became a disciple of Sadruddin Qunawi and was deeply influenced by the teachings of Ibn μArabi. This inspired him to write his masterwork "Divine Flashes" commenting on

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    Fakhruddin Ibrahim μIraqi was a 13th century Sufi mystic and scholar from Iran who traveled extensively and studied under several masters. As a young man he surprised people by joining a group of traveling dervishes. He later received initiation into the Suhrawardiyya Order in Multan under Shaykh Baha¶uddin and lived there for 25 years composing poetry. When tensions arose, he fled to Mecca and Konya, Turkey where he became a disciple of Sadruddin Qunawi and was deeply influenced by the teachings of Ibn μArabi. This inspired him to write his masterwork "Divine Flashes" commenting on

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    ² from Fakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes (Classics of Western Spirituality) , by William Chittick / Nasr Seyyed
    Hossein

        


    Ghat¶s the way, isn¶t it?

    When we turn our full focus to the Divine, when our entire being
    hungrily reaches for the Eternal, the world around us conspires to
    reveal glimpses. Ghe smallest thing, properly gazed upon with the
    whole self, unmasks itself as the Beloved.

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     Iran (? ± 1289) Timeline 


    Muslim / Sufi

    Fakhruddin Ibrahim µIraqi (sometimes written Araqi or Eraqi) was a


    fascinating figure who bridged several Sufi traditions and traveled
    through much of the Muslim world.

    µIraqi was born in Kamajan near Hamadan, in what is today Iran. (Ghe
    name µIraqi does not refer to the modern country of Iraq, but to the
    local region around Hamadan.)

    Gradition says that a month before his birth, µIraqi¶s father had a
    dream vision in which the greatly revered Imam µAli (son-in-law of the
    Prophet Muhammad) handed him the child and said, ³Gake our µIraqi
    and raise him well, for he will be a world conqueror!´

    While still a young boy, µIraqi gained local fame for having memorized
    the entire Koran and reciting it aloud. He went on to acquire an
    impressive education in his teens.

    Ghis properly devout young man surprised everyone when he


    abandoned his community and joined a group of traveling Kalandar
    dervishes. Kalandar Sufis had a bohemian, some would even say
    heretical, lifestyle and expression of the Muslim faith.
    Ghe young µIraqi eventually ended up in Multan in what is modern day
    Pakistan. Ghere he received formal initiation into the Sufi way under
    Shaykh Baha¶uddin, the head of the Suhrawardiyya Sufi Order, one of
    the most influential Sufi groups in the Indian subcontinent. µIraqi lived
    in Multan for 25 years as one of the Suhrawardis, composing poetry.
    As Shaykh Baha¶uddin was dying, he named Fakhruddin µIraqi to be his
    successor.

    When it became known that µIraqi had been named head of the
    Suhrawardi Order, some in the order became jealous and denounced
    him to the local sultan who sought to have µIraqi arrested.

    µIraqi fled the area with a few close companions, and they eventually
    made their way to Mecca and Medina. Later they moved north to
    Konya in Gurkey. Ghis was Konya at the time of Rumi. µIraqi often
    listened to Rumi teach and recite poetry, and later attended Rumi¶s
    funeral.

    Although µIraqi was nominally the head (in exile) of a large and
    respected Sufi order, he humbly became the disciple of another Sufi
    master ² Sadruddin Qunawi, who also lived in Konya at the time.
    Qunawi was the son-in-law of the recently deceased Sufi philosoper
    Ibn µArabi. Although less known in the West today, Qunawi was
    perhaps the preeminent Sufi teacher in Konya at the time, even better
    known than his neighbor Rumi.

    µIraqi was deeply devoted to Qunawi and to the teachings of Ibn


    µArabi. It was a series of speeches Qunawi delivered on the esoteric
    meaning of Ibn µArabi¶s great works that inspired µIraqi to compose his
    own masterpiece of commentary and poetry named the Lama¶at or
    Divine Flashes.
    When Fakhruddin µIraqi died he was buried near Ibn µArabi¶s tomb

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    HYDERABAD, INDIA

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