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The Kashf al-mahjúb: The oldest Persian treatise on Súfiism

6. Transoxiana.

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Hujviri, ‘Ali ibn ‘Usman and Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne
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The Khwája and Imám, honoured by high and low, Abú Ja`far Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn[107] al-Ḥaramí, is an ecstatic (mustami`) and enraptured man, who has a great affection towards the seekers of God.
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Khwája Abú Muḥammad Bángharí[108] had an excellent spiritual life, and there was no weakness in his devotional practices.
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Aḥmad Íláqí was the Shaykh of his time. He renounced forms and habits.
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Khwája `Árif was unparalleled in his day.
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`Alí b. Isḥáq was venerated and had an eloquent tongue.
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I have seen all these Shaykhs and ascertained the “station” of each of them. They were all profound theosophists.

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5. Khurásán (where now is the shadow of God’s favour). 7.Ghazna.

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