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First Among Sufis: The Life and Thought of Rabia al-Adawiyya, the Woman Saint of Basra
First Among Sufis The Life and Thought of Rabia alAdawiyya the Woman Saint of Basra
Author: Widad El Sakkakini, Nabil Safwat, Doris Lessing
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 s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780900860454
ISBN-10: 0900860456
Publication Date: 12/1982
Pages: 85
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Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited
Book Type: Hardcover
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