Materialien zur alten islamischen Fro˜mmigkeit /

: Arabic texts dating from the Third-4th/9th-10th centuries by the following five authors are here presented: Abū Shaykh al-Burjulānī, Ibrāhīm al-Khuttalī, Ibn al-Naḥḥās, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Rūdhabārī and Ibn Ḥamakān. The texts appear in transliteration along with a German translation. Their chains of transmission (isnāds) 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.
: 1 online resource (xxvii, 374 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-335) and indexes. : 9789047443667 : 1875-0664 ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.