Sufi scholar Abu Bakr al-Wasiti (d. ca. 320 AH/932 CE) was called a "soaring minaret" for his cutting comments and keen theological insights. Wasiti's life is little known today, but elements of his lost Qur

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Laury Silvers is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Toronto.

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One: Wasiti and Early Sufism

1. Wasiti's Intellectual Heritage

2. Wasiti in Iraq

3. Wasiti in Khurasan

4. Wasiti and Sufi Discourse

Part Two: Wasiti's Theology

5. Theological Principles

6. God's Essence

7. The Attributes

8. The Acts

Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index