Fazlallah Astarabadi and the HurufisThe first accessible account of Fazlallah Astarabadi, the14th-century Islamic religious leader and the movement he founded on the idea that the cosmos contains secrets that become manifest through extraordinary human beings. |
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activity Adam al-Din alphabet Anatolia apocalypse appearance Arabic arrest asked Astarabadi ation became become beginning Bektashi believed body Book Central century Chapter claimed command concerned connection contain cosmic cosmos creation cycle death direct discussed divine dream early entities eventually execution existence expected experience face fact Fazlallah's followers Fazlallah's ideas fifteenth century God's hand Herat human Hurufi indicates interest interpretation Iran Isfahan Islamic knowledge known language later letters lines literature living major material matters meanings messiah metalanguage movement Muhammad Muslims named once ordinary Ottoman particular period Persian person physical political possible prophets Qur'an references reflected regard religious represented revealed ritual ruler scholars seen sense seven shrine significant sounds sources story Sufi symbolism Tabriz things thirty-two thought Timur tion told tradition true understanding verses whole writing written