Afzal al-Din Kashani

Type Figure Region Persia Time c. 1260–1333 Also known as Afzal al-Din Kashi

Sufi scholar and mystical Qur'anic exegete from Kashan (c. 1260–1333), active in the Ilkhanate and known for his ta'wil commentary on Ibn Arabi.

Timeline

1301–1310Natanz · Isfahan ProvinceBetween 1301 and 1310 Afzal al-Din Kashani taught Sufism at Natanz, continued writing his ta'wil commentary on the Qur'an, and refined his exposition of Ibn Arabi's thought. In this period he travelled nine times to scholarly centres in Persia and Iraq and exchanged letters with Ala al-Dawla Simnani at Semnan on the question of the unity of being, representing the late Ilkhanate Sufi reception and adaptation of the Akbarian tradition.

Abd al-Razzaq Kashani https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abd_al-Razzaq_K%C4%81sh%C4%81n%C4%AB
Abd al-Razzāq Kāshānī: His Life, Works and Contribution to Sufism — Mohammad Ali Amir-Moezzi et al. (2015) https://doi.org/10.22452/usuluddin.vol41no1.8