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Muslim Saints and Mystics

Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya’

By Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār

Translated by A. J. Arberry

Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1966

First written c. 1200

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Arberry’s abridged translation of ʿAṭṭār’s Memorial of the Saints, lives and sayings of the early Sufis, including Rābiʿa, Bāyazīd Bisṭāmī, Junayd and al-Ḥallāj, the main source for the sayings attributed to them.

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Farīd al-Dīn ʿAṭṭār. Muslim Saints and Mystics: Episodes from the Tadhkirat al-Auliya’. Translated by A. J. Arberry. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1966.

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@misc{sources-muslim-saints-and-mystics-arberry,
  title = {{Muslim Saints and Mystics}},
  howpublished = {The Library, Unitive Knowledge Society},
  note = {Source. Last modified November 7, 2026},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.unitiveknowledge.org/library/sources/muslim-saints-and-mystics-arberry}
}