Category: The Jewelled Garden

Sari al Saqati was a 9th c. CE Sufi in Baghdad, and the maternal uncle of the great Junaid. He was learned and taught many Sufi students, but he began Continue Reading →

In the ancient book on Sufism, The Kashf al-Mahjub, written by Ali al-Hujwiri, we find this reference to the 10th c, CE Persian Sufi Abul Hassan Kharqani: It is related Continue Reading →

Abul Qasim Nasrabadi (d. 978 CE) was a Persian Sufi, the student of Shibli, and the master of later Sufis of Khorosan. It is recorded that he said: You are Continue Reading →

I do not know how it smellsor what color that Wild Flower isbut every bird in every meadowdoes nothing but sing Its praises. Should those Magic Eyes wish,every angel would Continue Reading →

Hakuin Ekaku (1686 – 1769 CE) was a Japanese monk, generally credited as the reviver of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. He laid great emphasis on the need to Continue Reading →

The 15th c. CE mystic and poet Ravidas was a contemporary of Kabirdas. For a little more about him, see this post. You are me, and I am You — Continue Reading →

The 10th c. CE Persian Sufi Abul Hassan Kharqani remarked, “I do not say that you should not make efforts and carry on spiritual practices, but that you should remember Continue Reading →

As this is posted, devotees in Ajmer, India are celebrating the Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti, who passed away in 1229 CE. Khwaja Moinuddin was a Sufi of monumental Continue Reading →

Semnun bin Hamza (d. 911? CE) was born in Basra and spent much time in Baghdad, where he was a friend of Junaid. He is remembered in particular for his Continue Reading →

For some background about this 16th c. CE mystic and poet, see this earlier post. Uninteresting are your golden temples,     always bright with precious stones          and rows of shimmering lamps. What to Continue Reading →