Note 126 — Chapter XIV · Concerning the Doctrines held by the different sects of Ṣúfís. (continued 2)

Here the author tells the story, which has already been related (p. 142 supra), of Abú Bakr Warráq, who was commanded by Muḥammad b. `Alí of Tirmidh to throw some of the latter’s mystical writings into the Oxus.