[3] Suhrawardi is the author of the ʿAwārif al-Maʿārif, which is recognized as a masterpiece work in Tasawwuf.

Suhrawardi traced his lineage back to Abu Bakr, the first Caliph.

[4] Suhrawardi quickly excelled in his studies and mastered, at an early age, the Shafi'i and Hanbali madhabs.

[4] Suhrawardi was eventually designated as Shaykh al-Islam by Caliph al-Nasir under the Abbasids.

[5][6] The ʿAwārif al-Maʿārif quickly became one of the most popular books on Sufism throughout the Muslim world.