Materialien zur alten islamischen Frömmigkeit

Arabic texts dating from the 3rd-4th/9th-10th centuries by the following five authors are here presented: Ab? Shaykh al-Burjul?n?, Ibr?h?m al-Khuttal?, Ibn al-Na???s, Ab? ?Abd All?h al-R?dhab?r? and Ibn ?amak?n. The texts appear in transliteration along with a German translation. Their chains of transmission (isn?ds) are analyzed and parallels with other authors are noted. The subject dealt with throughout is mystical piety. These highly interesting materials throw light on Islamic mysticism's early stage of development.