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This view has more evidence from Islamic sources. | This view has more evidence from Islamic sources. | ||
==== Post-Islamic Poetry ==== | |||
We further see the cosmic ocean continue to appear in poetry from respected Muslim poets, such as by [[:en:Dhul-Nun_al-Misri|Dhu'l-Nun Al-Misri]] (d. 859), who was born in Akhmim, upper Egypt was an Egyptian Sufi Master. He was considered the Patron Saint of the Physicians in the early Islamic era of Egypt and is credited with having introduced the concept of Gnosis into Islam. In his Qasida '''The Wonders of Creation''<nowiki/>', we find: | |||
{{Quote|(Translation by Paul Smith in) <i>Anthology of Classical Arabic Poetry (From Pre-Islamic Times to Ibn ‘Arabi).</i> New Humanity Books. Kindle Edition. Locations 4668 - 4680|He created the vault of the heavens, their hosts in forms celestial, moving through ethereal oceans, the paths of the Zodiac following.}} | |||
=== Islamic Literature - The two seas in the story Moses and Al-Khidr === | === Islamic Literature - The two seas in the story Moses and Al-Khidr === | ||