One of the so-called ecstatic (or intoxicated) Sufis of Baghdad, Abu ¿usayn al-Nuri (d. 907/8) was famous for his quasi-blasphemous utterances and shocking public behavior. He was often enraptured by a passionate love of God that led him to eccentric acts that scandalized both ordinary people and the religious authorities. Besides yielding to divine love and beauty, he would occasionally come near succumbing to bodily temptations and carnal passions. Despite Nuri's outrageous behavior, Junayd, the moderate or sober Sufi par excellence, held him in high esteem, kept corresponding with him, and commented upon his controversial ecstatic sayings. This book collects Nuri's literary legacy by surveying the sources for his life-poems, sayings, and comments on the Quran, including an exchange of letters between him and Junayd preserved in the Cairo Genizah-and by discussing the authorship of the Stations of the Hearts, which has been widely attributed to Nuri.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Kalabadhi: Doctrine of the Sufis (Kitab al-täarruf)
2. Sarraj: Book of Flashes (Kitab al-lumä)
3. Sulami: Generations of the Sufis (¿abaqat al-¿ufiyya)
4. Sulami: Realities of Interpretation (¿aqa'iq al-tafsir)
5. Kharkushi: Revision of the Secrets (Tahdhib al-asrar)
6. Abu Nu¿aym: Ornament of God's Friends (¿ilyat al-awliya')
7. Qushayri: Treatise (al-Risala al-qushayriyya)
8. Sirjani: Black and White in the Words of Wisdom (Kitab al-bayä wa-l-sawad)
9. Correspondence between Nuri and Junayd Preserved in the Cairo Genizah
10. Stations of the Hearts (Maqamat al-qulub)
11. Conclusions
Appendix A Arabic Texts
Appendix B Comparative Table of the Material Related to Nuri
Appendix C Technical Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Dora Zsom is Associate Professor of Arabic at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.