Category: The Jewelled Garden

Yunus the Dervish here sets out the power of the word to heal, to illuminate, and also to veil the truth. For more about this Turkish Sufi and poet, see Continue Reading →

Rahman Baba or Abdur Rahman Momand (1632 – 1706 CE) was a renowned Sufi dervish in the Peshawar region during the Mughal era. Little is known of his personal life, Continue Reading →

The Prophet said, “People whose hearts are like the hearts of birds will enter the garden of Paradise.” And the Messenger of God also said, “If you really trusted in Continue Reading →

For notes about the Turkish Sufi Yunus Emre, also called Yunus the Dervish. see this earlier post. In the final verse below, the poem makes reference to the Muslim belief Continue Reading →

For more about the 15th c. CE mystic and poet Kabir, see this earlier post. When the Day came —The Day I had lived and died for —The Day that Continue Reading →

For most the mystic and poet Dadu Dayal (1544 – 1603 CE) see this earlier post. As many as are the waves of the sea,     so many are the desires of Continue Reading →

For more about the mystic and poet Khwaja Shamsuddin Muhammed Hafiz of Shiraz, see this post. My body’s dust is a veil     Spread out to hideMy soul – happy that moment when     It’s Continue Reading →

Lalleshwari or Lal Ded was a deeply loved mystic and poet of Kashmir. For more about her, see this earlier post. When my mind was cleansed of impurities,           like a Continue Reading →

For some information about the 14th c. CE Sufi of Shiraz, Khwaja Shamsuddin Hafiz, see this earlier post. Where is the news we’ll meet, that from This life to greet Continue Reading →

The great mystic Rabbi Baal Shem Tov was once walking with some students when they came upon a terrible accident – a carriage had overturned, and a number of people Continue Reading →