first edition, 1966. scarce.

classic medieval sufi hagiography of the early ascetics and mystics, with entries on rābiʿa al-ʿadawiyya, bāyazīd basṭāmī, junayd of baghdad, dhuʾl-nūn al-miṣrī, ibrāhīm ibn adham, al-shiblī, and al-hallāj. their lives, sayings, and miracle tales trace ascetic discipline, divine love, remembrance, and the doctrines of fanāʾ.....