Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent 9th century muslim sufi poet and mystic”. Today it says “a 9th-century muslim sufi poet and mystic from the ninth century ad”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Influence”.
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9th-century Sufi Muslim poet and mystic For the 16th-century Sufi, see Shaykh Ali al-Khawas . Ali al-Khawas was a 9th-century Muslim Sufi poet and mystic from the ninth century AD. Pope Francis refers to him as a "spiritual writer" in his encyclical letter Laudato si' (2015) on the topic of ecology .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Ali al-Khawas was a prominent 9th century Muslim Sufi poet and mystic .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
9th-century Sufi Muslim poet and mystic For the 16th-century Sufi, see Shaykh Ali al-Khawas . Ali al-Khawas was a prominent 9th-century Muslim Sufi poet and mystic .
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “prominent 9th century muslim sufi poet and mystic”. Today it says “a 9th-century muslim sufi poet and mystic from the ninth century ad”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “Influence”. Read the current article and compare.
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prominent 9th century muslim sufi poet and mystic
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a 9th-century muslim sufi poet and mystic from the ninth century ad
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