Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Introduction | p. 1 |
A Brief Look at the History of Sufism | p. 9 |
Hallaj: The First Martyr of Sufism | p. 14 |
The Life of Hallaj | p. 15 |
Legends and Stories of Hallaj | p. 20 |
Abu Sa'id: The Patron of Sufi Music, Song, and Dance | p. 28 |
Abu Sa'id's Life and Teachings | p. 30 |
Anecdotes of Abu Sa'id | p. 42 |
Fariduddin Attar: The Divinely Inspired Storyteller | p. 48 |
The Conference of the Birds | p. 53 |
Bahlul, a Fool of God | p. 56 |
This Too Shall Pass | p. 67 |
Shaykh San'an | p. 71 |
Hakim Nizami: Narrator of Love Stories | p. 81 |
Khusrau and Shirin | p. 83 |
Layla and Majnun | p. 104 |
The Great Secret of Alexander | p. 115 |
Jalaluddin Rumi: Persia's Greatest Mystic Poet | p. 119 |
Rumi's Life and Teachings | p. 120 |
The King and the Handmaiden | p. 133 |
The Grocer and His Parrot | p. 136 |
The Philosopher and the Skipper | p. 139 |
Musa and the Shepherd | p. 142 |
'Abdul-Rahman Jami: The Last of the Great Storytellers | p. 145 |
Yusuf and Zulaykha | p. 151 |
Notes | p. 169 |
Glossary | p. 173 |
Bibliography | p. 177 |
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