Scholarly Work
Massignon studied extensively different personalities of Islam, such as al-Hallaj, Salman Pak who can both be seen as a link between Islam and Christianity, as well as Muhammad's daughter, Fatimah.
His introduction to Sufism was based on his discovery that its technical lexicon was firmly rooted in the Qur'an.
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