Martin Lings (1909–2005)

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3. Frithjof Schuon

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4. René Guénon

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5. Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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6. William C. Chittick

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7. Charles Le Gai Eaton

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8. Muhammad Asad

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9. Yahya ibn Sharaf al- Nawawi

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10. Annemarie Schimmel

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11. Imām Muḥammad al-Mawlūd

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12. Titus Burckhardt

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13. Sachiko Murata

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14. Ibn Arabi

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15. Muhammad Zakariyya

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16. Khurram Murad

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17. Henry Corbin

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18. Imam al-Zarnuji

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19. Khaled Abou El Fadl

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20. John Penrice

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