It is in the third century after the hijrah that mysticism first begins to flourish in the Islamic world. This is the century which produced such great mystics as al-Muḥāsibī, al-Junayd, Abū Yazīd al-Bisṭāmī and al-Ḥallāj. To this century also belongs al-Ḥakīm al-Tirmidhī, who, although perhaps less well known than the others, ...

Presented here are five texts by al-Sayyid al-Sharıf ‘Alı ibn Muhammad al- Jurjanı dealing with the Sufi doctrine of wahdat al-wujud or the unity of existence.

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