Bayazid Bastami

Bayazid Bastami Quotes

Iran, Philosopher
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Abū Yazīd Ṭayfūr b. ʿĪsā b. Surūshān al-Bisṭāmī (d. 261/874–5 or 234/848–9), commonly known in the Iranian world as Bāyazīd Bisṭāmī, was a Persian Sufi, from north-central Iran. Known to future Sufis as Sultān-ul-Ārifīn ("King of the Gnostics"). Bisṭāmī is considered to be one of the expositors of the state of fanā, the notion of passing away in mystical union with the deity.

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