First Among Sufis: The Life and Thought of Rabia al-Adawiyya, the Woman Saint of Basra

By Doris Lessing, El Sakkakini Widad, Widad El Sakkakini

Born in Basra in the 8th century of an impoverished family, orphaned and sold into slavery, Rabia al-Adawiyya, rose to become one of the greatest Sufi teachers. An extraordinary kaleidoscope of myth... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0900860456
• ISBN13: 9780900860454
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Octagon Press
• Length: 85 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 5.8"