Abdelkrim BEN-NAS

Original title: Abū l-Ḥasan al-Šuštarī, mucho más que un poeta sufí

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Keywords: Al-Šuštarī, Grenadian Sufis, Sufi mystical poets, Sufism history, Sufism in al-Andalus.

Al-Šuštarī, inhabitant of Granada, is one of the most influential Sufis along the history of Sufism. He was the first one including the zağal in the Sufi poetry. His stanzas are still being recited in spiritual dances all around the muslin world. His fame as a poet overshadows other aspects of his personality that we consider interesting to be inquired.