The original Illuminati were actually a group of Middle Eastern Sufis from Abbasid Iraq, who studied transmitted teachings documented in the writings of the venerable Shaykh al-Ishraq or the “Master of Illumination” Shahab ad-Din Yahya as-Suhrawardi. Shahab ad-Din as-Suhrawardi was a descendant of Muhammad ibn Abu Bakr ibn Abi Quhafa, and the adopted son of Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib, and his appointed Governor for Egypt. m.youtube/watch?v=5RZbGwwMHSM Shahab ad-Din wore the Qadiri Sufi cloak (Khirqa) from Ghawth al-Adham Shaykh ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, who wore the cloak of the Khwajagan (Masters of Wisdom) from Khwaja Yusuf Hamdani. Shah al-Din’s spiritual chain of transmission back to the Prophet, upon whom be peace and blessings, traces through Imam ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib. As-Suhrawardi’s writings were known as حكمت اشراق hikmat-i ishrāq, or the Philosophy of Illumination. The first Sufi Order, not transmission, was founded by him, under the tutelage of who would be known from hereon as al-Ghawth al-Adham, Shaykh Muhi al-Din ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Hasaniy al-Husayni, al-Ja’fari al-Jilani, at the request of the Abbasid Caliph. These Sufis were known as the Ishraqiyyun (the Illuminated Ones), or simply “Illuminati” in Abbasid Iraq.
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