A Lover of God: The Ecstatic Sufi Nūrī - Hardcoverby Dora Zsom (Author) One of the so called ecstatic (or intoxicated) Sufis of Baghdad, Ab usayn al Nr (d. 907 8) was famous for his quasi blasphemous utterances and shocking public behavior. He was often enraptured by a passionate love of God that led him to eccentric acts that scandalized both ordinary people and the religious authorities. Besides yielding to divine love and beauty, he would occasionally come near succumbing to bodily temptations and