Category: The Jewelled Garden

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 →

Fariduddin Masud ‘Ganjeshakar’ (1179 – 1266 CE) was a Punjabi Sufi saint and poet. The student of Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki and Pir of Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, he was one of Continue Reading →

Abu Ḥamid bin Abu Bakr Ibrahīm (c. 1145 – c. 1221 CE), commonly known to the world by his pen name Fariduddin Attar, lived in Nishapur, and apparently practiced the Continue Reading →

Sheikh Abu Saeed Abil Khair (967 – 1049 CE) spent most of his life in Nishapur, but during his lifetime his fame as a Sufi and poet spread even as Continue Reading →

Abdal Karim al Qushayri (986 – 1072 CE) was an influential scholar and Sufi in the region of Nishapur. There have been several references to divine wine in Inner Call Continue Reading →