Category: The Jewelled Garden

For more about the 10th c. Sufi Shaikh Abu Saeed Abil Khair, who referred to himself as ‘Nobody, son of Nobody,’ see this earlier post. Your faculties are for seeing Continue Reading →

For more about Yunus Emre (1238–1320 CE), also called Yunus the Dervish, see this earlier post. I haven’t come here to settle down. I’ve come here to depart. I am a merchant Continue Reading →

This previous post tells one version of the encounter with Shams-al din Mohammed that awoke Mevlana Jelaluddin from scholarship to mystical understanding. Shams al-din, or Shams-i Tabrizi, did not write Continue Reading →

The following verse is by the ecstatic dervish Sufi Sarmad, also known as Sarmad Kashani (ca. 1590-1661 CE). For more about Sarmad, see this earlier post. The ocean of his Continue Reading →

For more about Shaikh Abu Saeed Abil Khair, see this earlier post. I have taken refuge in Your glorious court,a fallen beggar in tatters.You are all glory and grace,I am Continue Reading →

For more about the Persian Sufi Shaikh Abu Saeed Abul Khair, see this earlier post. Beloved, make contentment my wealth,Your Love, the joy of my heart.Let this creature of Yours Continue Reading →

Shaikh Abul Hassan Kharaqani (963 – 1033 CE) was one of the most highly regarded Sufis of any age, coming from the region of Khorasan in Persia. The poems he Continue Reading →

Rabia al Adawiyya (714? — 801 CE) was born in Basra, Iraq, and therefore is sometimes called Rabia al Basri. She came from a very poor family, and became an Continue Reading →

Uwais al Qarani was a Yemeni contemporary and devotee of the Prophet Mohammed – arguably his most devoted student, and yet they never met in person. The Prophet knew of Continue Reading →