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Suhrawardi was a strong defender of Peripatetic philosophy, until he was influenced by those whom he described as those who "have traveled the path of God", like - as noted by Suhrawardi - Plato from the Greek tradition, Hermes from Egypt, and Pythagoras the Phoenician, and also figures in the Persian tradition.
In his Philosophy of Illumination, Suhrawardi argued that light operates at all levels and hierarchies of reality (PI, 97.7–98.11). Light produces immaterial and substantial lights, including immaterial intellects , human and animal souls, and even 'dusky substances', such as bodies. [9] Suhrawardi's metaphysics is based on two principles.
The greatest presence of the Suhrawardi order in India was in Kashmir. The king of Kashmir, Rinchana, was converted to Islam by Sayyid S̲h̲araf al-Dīn aka Bulbul Shah. [5] The Suhrawardi order had a strong relationship and exerted influence over Indian rulers and governments such the Delhi Sultanate, Gujarat Sultanate, and Mughal Empire.
Shahab al-Din Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi (c. 1145 – 1234) was a Persian [1] [2] Sufi and nephew of Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi.He expanded the Sufi order of Suhrawardiyya that had been created by his uncle Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi, and is the person responsible for officially formalizing the order. [3]
[2] [3] In the twelfth century, the philosophy of illumination was founded by Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi. Although philosophy in its traditional Aristotelian form fell out of favor in much of the Arab world after the twelfth century, forms of mystical philosophy became more prominent. [1]
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Suhrawardi or Sohrevardi or variants may refer to: Suhrawardiyya, a Sufi order Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi (1097–1168), founder of the order Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (c. 1145 – 1234), his nephew; Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1154–1191), Persian philosopher and founder of the Iranian school of Illuminationism
A concept that lies at the heart of Mulla Sadra's philosophy is the idea of "existence precedes essence", a key foundational concept of existentialism.This was the opposite of the idea of "essence precedes existence" previously supported by Avicenna and his school of Avicennism [4] as well as Shahab al-Din Suhrawardi and his school of Illuminationism.