The Kashf al-Maḥjúb
By ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī
Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson
Luzac, London, 1911, E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series
First written 11th century
In the public domain
About this text
Nicholson’s translation of al-Hujwīrī’s Revelation of the Veiled, the earliest treatise on Sufism in Persian, which describes the Sufi schools and their doctrines, including the debate between the partisans of sobriety and of intoxication.
How to cite
ʿAlī al-Hujwīrī. The Kashf al-Maḥjúb: The Oldest Persian Treatise on Ṣúfiism. Translated by Reynold A. Nicholson. E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Series. Luzac, London, 1911.
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