| Author Quoted | Martin Lings |
| Title Quoted | Moslem saint of the twentieth century : Shaikh Ahmad al-'Alawi : his spiritual heritage and legacy |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1963/10/18 |
| Imprint | London : Allen & Unwin. [1961] |
| Quotation | First of all, thank you for the remarkable book on Ahmad Al-'Alawi [Martin Lings, A Modern Saint of the Twentieth Century; Shaikh Ahmad Al-'Alawi, 1961]. I want to say how deeply moved and impressed I was with this book, from beginning to end. I had a chance to read it at leisure and thoughtfully in the hospital, and I am convinced that this is certainly one of the major religious figures of our time. I am very open to the vigorous clarity and the depth of his religious vision, and I must say that there is little in the book that I cannot heartily accept, I look forward to reading it again more slowly and meditatively. I am surprised that Louis Massignon made so few references to Ahmad Al-'Alawi. |
| Quotation Source | The Hidden Ground of Love: The Letters of Thomas Merton on Religious Experience and Social Concerns.; Selected and edited by William H. Shannon. / New York : Farrar Straus Giroux. 1985, p. 55 |
| Letter to | Abdul Aziz |
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| Link to Merton's Copy |
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