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How many abdāl are there in the world?
The cosmic hierarchy of the Qutb There are three hundred akhyār ("excellent ones"), forty abdāl ("substitutes"), seven abrār ("piously devoted ones"), four awtād ("pillars") three nuqabā ("leaders") and one qutb. The second version is Ibn Arabī's which has a different, more exclusive structure.
The cosmic hierarchy of the Qutb There are three hundred akhyār ("excellent ones"), forty abdāl ("substitutes"), seven abrār ("piously devoted ones"), four awtād ("pillars") three nuqabā ("leaders") and one qutb. The second version is Ibn Arabī's which has a different, more exclusive structure.