High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Dhul-Nun al-Misri (Arabic: ذو النون المصري; born in 796 in Akhmim, Sohag Governorate; died 859) was an Egyptian Sufi saint. He was considered the Patron Saint of the Physicians in the early Islamic era of Egypt, and is credited with having specialized the concept of Gnosis in Islam. His full name is Dhul-Nun Abu Faid Thawban ibn Ibrahim أبوالفيض ثوبان بن إبراهيم.
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