Auliya

[143] "That the" Auliya "are distinguished above ordinary mortals is maintained on the authority of: --" Are not the friends (Auliya) of God, those on whom no fear shall come, nor shall they be put to grief. "

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

Roberto Schmidt/ Agence France-Presse/Getty Images A boy leaned on a stone carved window at the Nizamuddin Dargah, a mausoleum complex of one of the world's most famous sufi saints, Nizamuddin Auliya, in New Delhi, Sunday.

India in Pictures 2011

His disciples had spread his teachings, and Nizamuddin Auliya, the saint whose grave Jahanara had visited in Delhi, was also a disciple of his, three generations removed.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

His disciples had spread his teachings, and Nizamuddin Auliya, the saint whose grave Jahanara had visited in Delhi, was also a disciple of his, three generations removed.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

His disciples had spread his teachings, and Nizamuddin Auliya, the saint whose grave Jahanara had visited in Delhi, was also a disciple of his, three generations removed.

Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

Isemonger (1962) reported cases where African pythons killed and swallowed antelopes that must have weighed around 20 kg, a 32-yr-old man was allegedly eaten by a 7-m retic in 1998 (Auliya unpublished, cited in Fredriksson 2005), and Shine et al. (1998) reported a case of a retic swallowing a pig (of unstated species) that weighed 60 kg.

Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006

The Abban opined that Auliya or holy men had sat there, but the End of Time more sagaciously conjectured that it was the site of some Galla idol or superstitious rite.

First footsteps in East Africa 2003

This is the intuition of the Saints (Auliya) [143] to whom God has given this divine knowledge.

The Faith of Islam Edward Sell

Abban opined that Auliya or holy men had sat there, but the End of Time more sagaciously conjectured that it was the site of some Galla idol or superstitious rite.

First Footsteps in East Africa Richard Francis Burton 1855

Across the road, through a dense warren of mosques, graves and vendors of lamb and roses is the shrine of Nizamuddin Auliya, the 13th-century Sufi saint from whom the neighborhood gets its name and lore.

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