ABSTRACT

This is a major work of Islamic mysticism by the great thirteenth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar. Translated by A J Arberry, Attar’s work and thought is set in perspective in a substantial introduction.

chapter |17 pages

Introduction

chapter |7 pages

Hasan of Basra

chapter |6 pages

Malek ibn Dinar

chapter |7 pages

Habib al-Ajami

chapter |13 pages

Rabe‘a al-Adawiya

chapter |10 pages

Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz

chapter |18 pages

Ebrahim ibn Adham

chapter |7 pages

Beshr ibn al-Hareth

chapter |13 pages

Dho 'l-Nun al-Mesri

chapter |24 pages

Abu Yazid al-Bestami

chapter |5 pages

Abd Allah ibn al-Mobarak

chapter |4 pages

Sofyan al-Thauri

chapter |5 pages

Shaqiq of Balkh

chapter |5 pages

Dawud al-Ta'i

chapter |3 pages

al-Mohasebi

chapter |4 pages

Ahmad ibn Harb

chapter |3 pages

Hatem al-Asamm

chapter |5 pages

Ma‘ruf al-Karkhi

chapter |7 pages

Sari al-Saqati

chapter |6 pages

Ahmad ibn Khazruya

chapter |4 pages

Yahya ibn Mo‘adh

chapter |2 pages

Shah ibn Shoja‘

chapter |7 pages

Yusof ibn al-Hosain

chapter |7 pages

Abu Hafs al-Haddad

chapter |15 pages

Abo 'l-Qasem al-Jonaid

chapter |4 pages

Amr ibn Othman

chapter |3 pages

Abu Sa‘id al-Kharraz

chapter |10 pages

Abu 'l-Hosain al-Nuri

chapter |5 pages

Abu Othman al-Hiri

chapter |3 pages

Ibn Ata

chapter |4 pages

Somnun

chapter |7 pages

al-Termedhi

chapter |3 pages

Khair al-Nassaj

chapter |4 pages

Abu Bakr al-Kattani

chapter |7 pages

Ibn Khafif

chapter |8 pages

Al-Hallaj

chapter |5 pages

Ebrahim al-Khauwas

chapter |10 pages

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