Zulfiqar Sword of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Painting by
Suleman Rehman
Ali’s double edged sword called Zulfiqar had mystical significance of zikr (remembrance of God) & fikr (contemplation of God)
Ali possessed esoteric & exoteric knowledge
Major Sufi silsilahs trace lineage to him & he inherited the Prophet’s spiritual knowledge ( seena dar seena)
He was the epitome of chivalry which in Arabic tradition meant a code of honourable conduct in tradition of Prophets & saints .
He was famously called the door to the city of knowledge, while the Prophet ( pbuh) was the city.
Read more of Ali’s jawanmardi and Arabic traditions of futuwwah (chivalry)
in
In Search of the Divine: Living Histories of Sufism in India
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