The Doctrine of Sufis: Translated from the Arabic of Abu Bakr Al-Kalabadhi

by A.J. Arberry and Muhammed Ibn Ibrahim Kalabadhi

Book Overview

This 1935 English translation of a classic Arabic text in Sūfīsm, the mystical aspect of Islam, by A. J. Arberry preserves the beauty and simplicity of the original without departing from a literal translation. Little is known of the author of this treatise Abū Bakr al-Kalābādhī, except that he was a lawyer and died in Bukhārā in about AD 990. This book is the work on which his fame rests, and is important because...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521292182
• ISBN13: 9780521292184
• Release Date: August 1977
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.3" x 8.4"