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While not all Sufis are fans of the book, the text does symbolize the fault lines behind mystic approaches to Islam on the one hand, and orthodox religious sources on the other.
By the 14th century, scholars like the sociologist Ibn Khaldun and the theologian Ibn Taymiyya, had declared al-Buni and his contemporary, Ibn Arabi, as heretics.
In some some South Asian countries, like Pakistan and India, al-Buni’s charts sit in shop-front windows in the hope they help business.
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