By Farid ud-Din Attar, Arthur J. Arberry
Prose translation of components of the 13th-century Persian epic of Attar, giving anecdotes of Islamic saints and mystics.
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Yusof ibn Asbat — — — 53. al-Nahrajuri 48 60 — 51 54. Somnun 28 31 55. al-Morta’esh 42 54 — 56. Mohammad ibn al-Fazl 31 28 55 57. al-Bushanji 58 74 — 58. al-Termedhi 32 35 56 59. Abu ‘l-Khair al-Aqta’ 66 58 — 60. ‘Abd Allah al-Tarughbadi — — — 61. Abu Bakr al-Warraq 33 36 57 62. ‘Abd Allah ibn Monazel — 56 — 63. ‘Ali ibn Sahl al-Esfahani 35 40 59 64. Khair al-Nassaj 57 51 60 65. Abu Hamza al-Khorasani 58 52 61 66. Ahmad ibn Masruq 36 39 62 67. ‘Abd Allah al-Maghrebi 37 38 63 68. Abu ‘Ali al-Juzajani 38 — 64 69.
Abu Yazid al-Bestami 8 10 26 15. ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Mobarak — — 21 16. Sofyan al-Thauri — — — 17. Shaqiq al-Balkhi 7 9 30 18. Abu Hanifa — — 20 19. al-Shafe’i — — 34 20. Ahmad ibn Hanbal — — 35 introduction Attar xxxiii Solami Qoshairi 21. Dawud al-Ta’i — 8 Hojwiri 28 22. al-Mohasebi 6 7 27 23. Abu Solaiman al-Dara’i 9 12 31 24. Mohammad ibn Sammak — — — 25. Aslam al-Tusi — — — 26. Ahmad ibn Harb — — — 27. Hatem al-Asamm 11 13 33 28. al-Tostari 30 11 54 29. Ma’ruf al-Karkhi 10 4 32 30. Sari al-Saqati 5 5 29 31.
Seeing this, the crew fell at his feet. He walked on the face of the waters and vanished. That is why he was called Malek-e Dinar. Now his conversion came about as follows. He was a very handsome man and fond of worldly things, and he possessed great wealth. He lived in Damascus, where Mo’awiya had built the cathedral mosque, endowing it liberally. Malek was very eager to be appointed in charge of that mosque. So he went and threw his prayer rug down in the corner of the mosque, and there for a whole year continued in devotion, hoping that whoever saw him would find him at prayer.