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

chapter concerning the different Ṣúfí sects. In conclusion, you must

know that the sayings of al-Ḥalláj should not be taken as a model, inasmuch as he was an ecstatic (_maghlúb andar ḥál-i khud_), not firmly settled (_mutamakkin_), and a man needs to be firmly settled before his sayings can be considered authoritative. Therefore, although he is dear to my heart, yet his “path” is no...