Tag Archive for: Sufism
Rashid al-Din Maybudi’s Tafsir Kashf al-Asrar – Tr. William Chittick
Rashid al-Din Maybudi’s Kashf al-Asrar – Tr. William Chittick
The full name of this commentary is Kashf al-asrār wa ʿuddat al-abrār (“The unveiling of the mysteries and the provision of the pious”). It is the longest Sunni commentary in the Persian language. Selections translated by William Chittick.
Forty Hadith on Sufism by Shaykh ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami
Forty Hadith on Sufism Shaykh Sulami
A translation and commentary of Kitab al-Arba’in fi ‘t-Tasawwuf by Shaykh Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (d. 412/1021)
The Wine Song (Khamriyyah) of Ibn Al-Farid
Shaykh Umar Ibn al-Farid was an Egyptian scholar of Islamic law, and a teacher of Hadith. His poetry is considered by many to be the the very height of Arabic Sufi literature.
The Mystic Rose Garden (Gulshan i Raz) by Mahmud Shabistari
The Gulshan i Raz is a collection of poems written in 1317 A.D. (717 A.H.) by Shaykh Sa’ad Al-Din Mahmud Shabistari in the mathnawi form. It is considered to be one of the greatest Persian works of Sufism. The poem is in response to a series of fifteen questions on Sufism asked of Shabistari by the scholar Rukh Al-Din Amir Husayn Harawi.
The Garden of Fragrance (Bustan) of Sadi
The Bustan is a book of poetry by the the great Persian poet Sa’adi Shirazi. Written in the mathnawi style it was completed in 1257.