Career
Suhrawardi is the author of the Awarif ul-Maarif, which is recognized as a masterpiece work in Tasawwuf. Other transliterations: Shaykh Shihab al-Din ‘Umar al-Suhrawardi, Shaykh "Abu Hafs al-Suhrawardi, Hadrat Shaykh Shihab al-Din 'Umar b. 'Abd Allah al-Suhrawardi, Shaykh Shahabuddin Abu Hafs Umar Suhrawardi, Shaykh Shahabuddin Abu Hafs Umar Soharwardi, Shaykh Shahabuddin Abu Hafs Umar Soharwardy, Shaykh Shahabuddin Soharwardi, Shaykh Shahabuddin Soharwardy, Shaykh Umar Shahabuddin Soharwardi.
Suhrawardi traces his lineage back to Abu Bakr, the first Caliph.
From an early age onwards, Suhrawardi studied Islamic jurisprudence, law, logic, theology, Quranic studies and Hadith studies. This book was translated into English by Henry Wilberforce-Clarke and published as "A Dervish Textbook" in 1891.
lieutenant was reprinted by Octagon Press in 1980.