IslHornAfr

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Identification

al-Bisṭāmī, Abū Yazīd Ṭayfūr b. ʻĪsā البسطامي، أبو يزيد طيفور بن عيسى

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Biographic comments

He was born and spent most of his life in Bisṭām except for a short period of exile.

Bisṭāmī is best known for his utterances that occurred in the spiritual state of fanā'. A large number of these sayings have been transmitted by later authors.

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