Preface Chapter One: Rabi'ah al-'Adawiyyah Chapter Two: Dhu'n-Nun al-Misri Chapter Three: Sahl at-Tustari Chapter Four: Abu Husayn an-Nuri Chapter Five: Sumnun al-Muhibb Chapter Six: Mansur al-Hallaj Chapter Seven: Abu Bakr ash-Shibli Chapter Eight: Abu'l-'Abbas as-Sayyari Chapter Nine: 'Abd al-'Aziz at-Tunisi Chapter Ten: Abu Hamid al-Ghazali Chapter Eleven: Muhyi'd-Din Ibn 'Arabi Chapter Twelve: 'Umar Ibn al-Farid Chapter Thirteen: Abu'l-Hasan ash-Shushtari Conclusion Notes Bibliography
The late Martin Lings, formerly Keeper of Oriental Manuscript in the British Museum and the British Library, is the author of three works on Islamic mysticism, A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century, What is Sufism? and The Book of Certainty, all published by the Islamic Texts Society. His Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources, also published by the Islamic Texts Society, has been internationally acclaimed as a masterpiece.
'Extremely well-chosen and exquisitely translated, this masterly
rendition resonates with spiritual qualities of the original Arabic
verses.'
*S.H. Nasr*
'...a daunting standard for future translators... a work of slow
and careful crafting of stanzas over a period of thirty years,
these masterly translations have a moving force for hearts on the
Path.'
*Muzaffar Iqbal*
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