wali (Islamic saint)

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A wali in Islam is a revered saintly figure believed to possess closeness to God, spiritual insight, and the ability to intercede or perform miracles.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
wali (Islamic saint) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic religious title ⓘ
religious concept ⓘ
saint ⓘ
associatedPractice seeking blessings ⓘ
supplication at shrines ⓘ
visitation of tombs ⓘ
associatedWith Shia Islam ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
believedToHaveAbility intercession ⓘ
believedToHaveAbility karāmāt ⓘ
perform miracles ⓘ
contrastedWith nabī ⓘ
rasūl ⓘ
coreAttribute God-consciousness ⓘ
closeness to God ⓘ
piety ⓘ
righteousness ⓘ
spiritual insight ⓘ
distinguishedBy asceticism ⓘ
devotional practice ⓘ
moral excellence ⓘ
obedience to God ⓘ
hasDoctrinalDebateOn extent of miracles ⓘ
intercession ⓘ
tomb visitation ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOrigin Arabic ⓘ
hasLiteralMeaning friend ⓘ
guardian ⓘ
one who is close ⓘ
protector ⓘ
hasPluralForm awliyāʾ ⓘ
hasTransliteration walī ⓘ
label Islamic saint ⓘ
wali ⓘ
mentionedIn Islamic theology ⓘ
Sufi literature ⓘ
hagiographies ⓘ
recognizedBy Muslim communities ⓘ
recognizedCriterion following the Qurʾan ⓘ
following the Sunnah ⓘ
purity of intention ⓘ
service to others ⓘ
steadfast faith ⓘ
relatedConcept karāmāt al-awliyāʾ ⓘ
sainthood in Islam ⓘ
walāya ⓘ
usedInReligion Islam ⓘ
veneratedIn Sufi orders ⓘ
folk Islam ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sultan al-Awliya → titleFor → wali (Islamic saint) ⓘ