Aḥmad b. ʿĀṣim al-Anṭākī - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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Knysh, Alexander D.
Leiden
Brill
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Aḥmad b. ʿĀṣim al-Anṭākī (d. between 220/835 and 239/853) was a Syrian mystic, who is credited with several works on mystical psychology and introspection. His nisba indicates that he had his roots in Antioch; we know little else about his background. He associated himself with the foremost Syrian ascetic and mystic of the age, Abū Sulaymān al-Dārānī (d. 215/830), as a companion or, more likely, as a disciple. He is said to have met another celebrated ascetic and moralist of Samarqandī origin, Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ (