This is a major work of Islamic mysticism by the great thirteenth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar. Translated by A J Arberry, Attar's work and thought is set in perspective in a substantial introduction.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Hasan of Basra; Chapter 3 Malek ibn Dinar; Chapter 4 Habib al-Ajami; Chapter 5 Rabe'a al-Adawiya; Chapter 6 Al-Fozail ibn Iyaz; Chapter 7 Ebrahim ibn Adham; Chapter 8 Beshr ibn al-Hareth; Chapter 9 Dho 'l-Nun al-Mesri; Chapter 10 Abu Yazid al-Bestami; Chapter 11 Abd Allah ibn al-Mobarak; Chapter 12 Sofyan al-Thauri; Chapter 13 Shaqiq of Balkh; Chapter 14 Dawud al-Ta'i; Chapter 15 al-Mohasebi; Chapter 16 Ahmad ibn Harb; Chapter 17 Hatem al-Asamm; Chapter 18 Sahl ibn Abd Allah al-Tostari; Chapter 19 Ma'ruf al-Karkhi; Chapter 20 Sari al-Saqati; Chapter 21 Ahmad ibn Khazruya; Chapter 22 Yahya ibn Mo'adh; Chapter 23 Shah ibn Shoja'; Chapter 24 Yusof ibn al-Hosain; Chapter 25 Abu Hafs al-Haddad; Chapter 26 Abo 'l-Qasem al-Jonaid; Chapter 27 Amr ibn Othman; Chapter 28 Abu Sa'id al-Kharraz; Chapter 29 Abu 'l-Hosain al-Nuri; Chapter 30 Abu Othman al-Hiri; Chapter 31 Ibn Ata; Chapter 32 Somnun; Chapter 33 al-Termedhi; Chapter 34 Khair al-Nassaj; Chapter 35 Abu Bakr al-Kattani; Chapter 36 Ibn Khafif; Chapter 37 Al-Hallaj; Chapter 38 Ebrahim al-Khauwas; Chapter 39 al-Shebli;