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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
About this atlas

The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.

قطب الدين الأبهري

Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharī

Chief successor of Abū l-Najīb (Ebheriyye)

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The chain up to the Prophet

Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.

Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Suhrawardiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
  4. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyyasources differ

    initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources

    Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Nassāj then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
  5. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
    Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
  6. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharī · The community's own account

    TDV: Quṭb al-Dīn-i Abharī was his chief successor and founded the Ebheriyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

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    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharīقطب الدين الأبهري
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Suhrawardiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
  4. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyyasources differ

    initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources

    Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Nassāj then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
  5. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
    Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
  6. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharī · The community's own account

    TDV: Quṭb al-Dīn-i Abharī was his chief successor and founded the Ebheriyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharīقطب الدين الأبهري

Route 3 of 3: Suhrawardiyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū Bakr al-Nassājأبو بكر النساج
  4. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyyasources differ

    initiation · Abū Bakr al-Nassāj to Aḥmad al-Ghazālī · Two independent sources

    Same silsila (Hulvī, in TDV).

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L1735-1760 · agreesChart: Nassāj then Aḥmad al-Ghazālī (d. 520/1126).

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    Aḥmad al-Ghazālīأحمد الغزالي1126
  5. two sourcesin Suhrawardiyya

    companionship (ṣuḥba) · Aḥmad al-Ghazālī to Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī · Two independent sources

    TDV: Abū l-Najīb went to Isfahan, became Aḥmad al-Ghazālī's murīd and practised asceticism under him.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2063-2077, chart L1745 · agreesCalls Aḥmad al-Ghazālī Abū l-Najīb's true guide.
    Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardīأبو النجيب السهروردي1168
  6. the community's own accountin Suhrawardiyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Najīb al-Suhrawardī to Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharī · The community's own account

    TDV: Quṭb al-Dīn-i Abharī was his chief successor and founded the Ebheriyye.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Sühreverdî, Ebü'n-Necîb (Reşat Öngören)'

    Suggest a correction

    Not yet checked against a further reference.

    Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharīقطب الدين الأبهري
How to read the marks
  • Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
  • One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
  • The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
  • A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
  • The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
  • A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).

Who received from Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharī

No one is recorded below this person in the sources read.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Quṭb al-Dīn al-Abharī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/qutb-al-din-abhari (data of 31 October 2026).