Readings from the Mystics of Islam: Translations from the Arabic and Persian, together with a Short Account of the History and Doctrines of Sufism and Brief Biographical Notices on Each Sufi Writer

96 pp. Readings from the Mystics of Islam is an anthology of writings from Islamic mysticism's greatest masters of wisdom, translated and edited by Margaret Smith, the renowned scholar of Sufism. Ranging from the beginnings of Sufism in the 8th century to the modern era, the selections include jewels of mystical thought and experience from Rabia, al-Hallaj, Rumi, Ibn Arabi, Hafiz, among others.