(Arabic: Hilyat al-Awliya’ wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya ), often translated as The Ornament of God's Friends and Generations of Pure Ones , is a monumental biographical encyclopedia authored by the renowned 10th-century scholar Abu Nu’aym al-Isfahani (d. 430 AH/1038 CE). Spanning ten volumes in its original Arabic form, it serves as a foundational reference for Islamic spirituality, asceticism ( zuhd ), and the early development of Sufism.
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