Hilyat al-Awliya'

Hilyat al-Awliya' wa Tabaqat al-Asfiya' (Arabic: حلية الأولياء وطبقات الأصفياء, romanized: The Ornament of God's Friends and Generations of Pure Ones) is a biographical encyclopaedic book authored by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani. It provides a glance of the lives of more than 200 saints from the first three generations of Muslims (pious predecessors).

Hilyat al-Awliya'
AuthorAbu Nu'aym al-Isfahani
CountryPersia
LanguageArabic
SubjectHistory, Biography, Hadith
Publication date
11th century
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