Comfort of the Mystics

Gerhard Böwering, Ph.D. (1975), McGill University, is Professor of Islamic Studies at Yale University.Bilal Orfali, Ph.D. (2009), Yale University, is Assistant Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies at the American University of Beirut.

• I. Introduction: The Author and His Worka. The Sources for Abū Khalaf al-Ṭabarī’s Life and His Workb. Abū Khalaf al-Ṭabarī’s Life and Scholarly Careerc. The Manuscript of Salwat al-ʿārifīn wa-uns al-mushtāqīnd. The Place of Salwat al-ʿārifīn in Sufi Literaturee. Technical Observations about the Arabic Text Editionf. IllustrationsII. Arabic EditionIII. IndexesA. Qurʾān CitationsB. NamesC. PlacesD. PoetryE. SourcesF. Chapter Titles

"…a finely produced collaborative work of painstaking scholarship and meticulous detail by two leading figures in the field.It sets the bar high for future scholars intending to publish critical editions of medieval Arabic texts." - Atif Khalil, in: The American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences 31.3 (2014)"...the present edition provides presentday scholars with another invaluable window into the historical formation of the Sufi tradition and will be a required point of reference for future studies in the field." - Martin Nguyen, in: Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 136, No. 3 (July-September 2016)