Category: The Jewelled Garden

What we know of Rabia al Adawiyya (714? — 801 CE) comes to us from tradition, as she herself left no written works. The following anecdote comes from a book Continue Reading →

Kabir Das, or simply Kabir, was a fifteenth century Indian mystic, born and raised in a family of Muslim weavers in Varanasi. For more about him, see this earlier post. Continue Reading →

Dhul Nun al Misri (d. ca. 859 CE) was an early, very highly respected Sufi from Egypt. He travelled in Syria and Arabia, and Sahl al Tustari (the subject of Continue Reading →

We are told that Rayhana ‘the Enraptured’ was a female 8th c. mystic, but very little information is available about her. She is said to have had the following poem Continue Reading →

This selection by the mystic, scholar and poet Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi is taken from his much longer poem, The Interpreter of Desires. For more about the author, see this earlier Continue Reading →

As we travel the lifelong path of the spirit, with all its ups and downs, who has never felt discouraged? Then hear the words of Shaikh Abu Saeed and take Continue Reading →

Baba Afzal al-din Kashani (d. ca. 1214 CE) was a respected philosopher and poet who lived in the Kashan region of Iran. Little is known about his personal life, although Continue Reading →

It is narrated that the Prophet Mohammed said : Be in this world as if you are a traveller, with your clothes and shoes full of dust. Sometimes you will Continue Reading →

For more about Sheikh Abu Saeed Abil Khair, see this earlier post. Your Creator, the Lord of All Creation,has given you two gifts, both sought after by all creaturesyour heart, Continue Reading →