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Al-Ghazali
Al-Ghazali, ( ( – 19 December 1111), Latinized as Algazelus, was a Shafi'i Sunni Muslim Iranian scholar and polymath. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history.
Avempace
Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥya ibn aṣ-Ṣā’igh at-Tūjībī ibn Bājja (), known simply as Ibn Bajja () or his Latinized name Avempace (;  – 1138), was an Arab polymath, whose writings include works regarding astronomy, physics, and music, as well as philosophy, medicine, botany, and poetry.
Inayat Khan
founder of the Sufi Order in the West in 1914 and teacher of Universal Sufism
Idries Shah
Afghan Sufi teacher (1924-1996)
Nafs
thumb|A visual rendition of the Islamic model of the soul showing the position of "nafs" relative to other concepts, based on a consensus of 18 surveyed academic and religious experts Nafs () is an Arabic word occurring in the Quran, literally meaning "self", and has been translated as "psyche", "ego" or "soul". The term is cognate with the Hebrew word nephesh, נֶפֶשׁ. In the Quran, the word nafs is used in both the individualistic (verse 2:48) and collective sense (verse 4:1), indicating that although humanity is united in possessing the positive qualities of a nafs, they are individually res
Ruh
thumb|Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani - A Soul Symbolized as an Angel Rūḥ or The Spirit (, al-rūḥ) is mentioned twenty one times in the Quran, where it is described as issuing from command of God. The spirit acts as an agent of divine action or communication.
Javad Nurbakhsh
Master of Nimatullahi Sufi Order (1926–2008)
Lataif-e-sitta
The Laṭāʾif () are special organs of spiritual and psycho-physiological functioning in Sufi psychology.
Qalb
thumb|A visual rendition of the Islamic model of the soul showing the position of "'qalb" relative to other concepts based on a consensus of 18 surveyed academic and religious experts. In Islamic philosophy, the qalb () or heart is the center of the human personality. The Quran mentions "qalb" 132 times and its root meaning suggests that the heart is always in a state of motion and transformation. According to the Quran and the traditions of Prophet Muhammad, the heart plays a central role in human existence, serving as the source of good and evil, right and wrong. In Islam, God is more concer
Vilayat Inayat Khan
Sufi teacher (1916–2004)
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Sufi religious teacher (1953-)
Robert Frager
Founder of Sofia University, American social psychologist
Sufi psychology
Islamic and Sufi concept
Arthur J. Deikman
American psychiatrist (1929–2013)