Author | Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani |
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Language | Arabic |
Subject | History, Biography, Hadith |
Publication date | 11th century |
Publication place | Persia |
Hilyat al-Awliya' wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya' (Arabic: حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء, romanized: The Ornament of God's Friends and Generations of Pure Ones)[1] is a biographical encyclopaedic book authored by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani. It provides a glance of the lives of more than 200 saints from the first three generations of Muslims (pious predecessors).[2]