Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya' (Memorial of the Saints)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. |
Contents
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HASAN OF BASRA | 19 |
MALEK IBN DINAR | 26 |
HABIB ALAJAMI | 32 |
RABEA ALADAWIYA | 39 |
ALFOZAIL IBN IYAZ | 52 |
EBRAHIM IBN ADHAM | 62 |
BESHR IBN ALHARETH | 80 |
YAHYA IBN MOADH | 179 |
SHAH IBN SHOJA | 183 |
YUSOF IBN ALHOSAIN | 185 |
ABU HAFS ALHADDAD | 192 |
ABO LQASEM ALJONAID | 199 |
AMR IBN OTHMAN | 214 |
ABU SAID ALKHARRAZ | 218 |
ABU LHOSAIN ALNURI | 221 |
DHO LNUN ALMESRI | 87 |
ABU YAZID ALBESTAMI | 100 |
ABD ALLAH IBN ALMOBARAK | 124 |
SOFYAN ALTHAURI | 129 |
SHAQIQ OF BALKH | 133 |
DAWUD ALTAI | 138 |
ALMOHASEBI | 143 |
AHMAD IBN HARB | 146 |
HATEM ALASAMM | 150 |
SAHL IBN ABD ALLAH ALTOSTARI | 153 |
MARUF ALKARKHI | 161 |
SARI ALSAQATI | 166 |
AHMAD IBN KHAZRUYA | 173 |
ABU OTHMAN ALHIRI | 231 |
IBN ATA | 236 |
SOMNUN | 239 |
ALTERMEDHI | 243 |
KHAIR ALNASSAJ | 250 |
ABU BAKR ALKATTANI | 253 |
IBN KHAFIF | 257 |
ALHALLAJ | 264 |
EBRAHIM ALKHAUWAS | 272 |
ALSHEBLI | 277 |
Bibliography | 287 |
Common terms and phrases
Abd Allah Abu Bakr Abu Hafs Abu No‘aim Abu Othman Abu Yazid Adham al-Hosain al-Khatib al-Qoshairi al-Solami al-Yafe‘i Allah answered asked Attar Baghdad Balkh Basra Beshr Bibliography bread caliph companions cried Dawud desert Dho l-Nun dinars dirhams disciple dream eyes father fell filled find finger fire first flung Fozail gave give God’s Habib Hallaj hand Harun Harun al-Rashid Hasan Hatem head heard heart Hojwiri Iblis Ibn al-‘Emad Ibn Ata Ibn Khafif Ibn Khallekan Islam Jami Jonaid Kaaba Khezr Khorasan Koran Kufa Ma‘ruf Malek master Mecca Mohammad mosque Muslim mystical night Nishapur Notes on Anecdotes Nuri once pilgrimage pray Prophet R. A. Nicholson Rabe‘a Rayy reached repented replied returned Sa‘id Sahl Sari servant Shah-e Shoja shaikh Shaqiq Shebli Sofyan Somnun soul story Sufi Termedhi Thee Thou told took voice weeping woman words Yahya youth Yusof Zoroastrian