"After his discriminating and informative introduction…Professor Arberry leaves Attar’s delicate narratives to recount deeds, miracles and anecdotes that, while revealing the distinct nature of each man’s approach to mystical fulfilment, present at the same time the growth of the Sufi movement through the contributions of these early masters." The Times Educational Supplement.

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Hasan of Basra; Chapter 3 Malek ibn Dinar; Chapter 4 Habib al-Ajami; Chapter 5 Rabe‘a al-Adawiya; Chapter 6 Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz; Chapter 7 Ebrahim ibn Adham; Chapter 8 Beshr ibn al-Hareth; Chapter 9 Dho ’l-Nun al-Mesri; Chapter 10 Abu Yazid al-Bestami; Chapter 11 Abd Allah ibn al-Mobarak; Chapter 12 Sofyan al-Thauri; Chapter 13 Shaqiq of Balkh; Chapter 14 Dawud al-Ta’i; Chapter 15 al-Mohasebi; Chapter 16 Ahmad ibn Harb; Chapter 17 Hatem al-Asamm; Chapter 18 Sahl ibn Abd Allah al-Tostari; Chapter 19 Ma‘ruf al-Karkhi; Chapter 20 Sari al-Saqati; Chapter 21 Ahmad ibn Khazruya; Chapter 22 Yahya ibn Mo‘adh; Chapter 23 Shah ibn Shoja‘; Chapter 24 Yusof ibn al-Hosain; Chapter 25 Abu Hafs al-Haddad; Chapter 26 Abo ’l-Qasem al-Jonaid; Chapter 27 Amr ibn Othman; Chapter 28 Abu Sa‘id al-Kharraz; Chapter 29 Abu ’l-Hosain al-Nuri; Chapter 30 Abu Othman al-Hiri; Chapter 31 Ibn Ata; Chapter 32 Somnun; Chapter 33 al-Termedhi; Chapter 34 Khair al-Nassaj; Chapter 35 Abu Bakr al-Kattani; Chapter 36 Ibn Khafif; Chapter 37 Al-Hallaj; Chapter 38 Ebrahim al-Khauwas; Chapter 39 al-Shebli;