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

Widad El Sakkakini; translated by Nabil Safwat; introduction Doris Lessing

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ISBN 10: 0900860456 ISBN 13: 9780900860454

Published by Octagon Press, London, 1995

Language: English

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vii / 85 pp green cloth with gilt title to spine. Faint marks from erased pencil inscription to ffep otherwise clean sound book and wrapper.

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

Publisher

Octagon Press, London

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0900860456

ISBN 13

9780900860454

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Hardcover

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Very Good

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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 and reality, of imagination and fact... is it not of importance that a woman of such stature and independence of mind existed so early in the story of Islam, to show what women could be, and how they could be regarded?

Introduction by Doris Lessing

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Text: English, Arabic (translation)

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