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[[Abu Nasr al-Sarraj]]<ref>Sarrāj al-Ṭūsī, ''al-Lumaʾ fī al-taṣawwuf'', p. 422-423.</ref> decisively rejected the view that the story of Moses (a) and al-Khidr (a) implies the inferiority of Moses (a) and the superiority of al-Khidr (a). He explicitly said that prophets are superior to saints of God.<ref>Sarrāj al-Ṭūsī, ''al-Lumaʾ fī al-taṣawwuf'', p. 424.</ref> Among Shiite Sufis, in his ''Nass al-nusus'', [[Sayyid Haydar Amuli]] (d. after 794/1391) took al-Khidr (a) to be a prophet after [[Luqman]] and before [[Elijah]].<ref>Āmulī, ''Naṣṣ al-Nuṣūṣ''. vol. 1, p. 181.</ref> | [[Abu Nasr al-Sarraj]]<ref>Sarrāj al-Ṭūsī, ''al-Lumaʾ fī al-taṣawwuf'', p. 422-423.</ref> decisively rejected the view that the story of Moses (a) and al-Khidr (a) implies the inferiority of Moses (a) and the superiority of al-Khidr (a). He explicitly said that prophets are superior to saints of God.<ref>Sarrāj al-Ṭūsī, ''al-Lumaʾ fī al-taṣawwuf'', p. 424.</ref> Among Shiite Sufis, in his ''Nass al-nusus'', [[Sayyid Haydar Amuli]] (d. after 794/1391) took al-Khidr (a) to be a prophet after [[Luqman]] and before [[Elijah]].<ref>Āmulī, ''Naṣṣ al-Nuṣūṣ''. vol. 1, p. 181.</ref> | ||
In an explanation of Khidr's longevity,<ref>Ibn Abi al-Jumhūr, ''Maslak al-ifhām'', p. 551.</ref> [[Ibn Abi Jumhur al-Ahsa'i]] (alive in 904/1498) took the rivers in the Holy Qur'an<ref>Qur'an 54:54.</ref> to refer to the knowledge of truths leading to a true eternal life, from which Khidr (a) drank. The spring of this water is the spring of [[wilaya]] and the source of divine succession. Whoever drinks it will live forever and will have an eternal life in the heaven. | In an explanation of Khidr's longevity,<ref>Ibn Abi al-Jumhūr, ''Maslak al-ifhām'', p. 551.</ref> [[Ibn Abi Jumhur al-Ahsa'i]] (alive in 904/1498-9) took the rivers in the Holy Qur'an<ref>Qur'an 54:54.</ref> to refer to the knowledge of truths leading to a true eternal life, from which Khidr (a) drank. The spring of this water is the spring of [[wilaya]] and the source of divine succession. Whoever drinks it will live forever and will have an eternal life in the heaven. | ||
==Khidr's Footsteps== | ==Khidr's Footsteps== | ||