Sufi COMMON The Abdal — The Forty Substitutes ATK 4 DEF 9 SPR 10 SPD 8 INT 9 CHA – WIS – END – Special Substitution Doctrine formalized ~9th-10th c. CE; the forty Abdal are mentioned in hadith literature (though authenticity is disputed); elaborated by Ibn Arabi and the major Sufi theorists
