Arabic texts dating from the 3rd-4th/9th-10th centuries by the following five authors are here presented: Abu Shaykh al-Burjulani, Ibrahim al-Khuttali, Ibn al-Nahhas, Abu 'Abd Allah al-Rudhabari and Ibn Hamakan. The texts appear in transliteration along with a German translation. Their chains of transmission (isnads) are analyzed and parallels with other authors are noted. The subject dealt with throughout is mystical piety. These highly interesting materials throw light on Islamic mysticism's early stage of development.
- ISBN10 9004169466
- ISBN13 9789004169463
- Publish Date 23 December 2008 (first published 1 January 2008)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country NL
- Imprint Brill
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 376
- Language English
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