Al-Sulami: Forty Narrations on Sufism

This is a translation of the collection of Forty Narrations (Arba'in) by the renown Sufi theoretician and hagiographer of Nishapur Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (d.412/1021). It contains a short biography of the author with analysis of the text and accompanying notes in order to help the reader appreciate the key notions and ideas. This translation is part of The Sulami Heritage series.