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Mahmoud Shabestari or Mahmūd Shabestarī ( fa, محمود شبستری; 1288–1340) is one of the most celebrated Persian
Shabistari was born in the town of Shabestar near Tabriz in 1288 (687 AH), where he received his education. He became deeply versed in the symbolic terminology of Ibn Arabi. He wrote during a period of Mongol invasions.
His most famous work is a mystic text called '' The Secret Rose Garden'' (''Gulshan-i Rāz'') written about 1311 in rhyming couplets (Mathnawi). This poem was written in response to fifteen queries concerning Sufi metaphysics posed to "the Sufi literati of Tabriz" by Rukh Al Din Amir Husayn Harawi (d. 1318). It was also the main reference used by François Bernier when explaining Sufism to his European friends (in: ''Lettre sur le Quietisme des Indes''; 1688)
Other works include ''The Book of Felicity'' (Sa'adat-nāma) and ''The Truth of Certainty about the Knowledge of the Lord of the Worlds'' (Ḥaqq al-yaqīn fi ma'rifat rabb al-'alamīn. The former is regarded as a relatively unknown poetic masterpiece written in ''khafif'' meter, while the later is his lone work of prose.Lewisohn (1995) p. 24/39
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Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
poets of the 14th century.
Life and work
Shabistari was born in the town of Shabestar near Tabriz in 1288 (687 AH), where he received his education. He became deeply versed in the symbolic terminology of Ibn Arabi. He wrote during a period of Mongol invasions.
His most famous work is a mystic text called '' The Secret Rose Garden'' (''Gulshan-i Rāz'') written about 1311 in rhyming couplets (Mathnawi). This poem was written in response to fifteen queries concerning Sufi metaphysics posed to "the Sufi literati of Tabriz" by Rukh Al Din Amir Husayn Harawi (d. 1318). It was also the main reference used by François Bernier when explaining Sufism to his European friends (in: ''Lettre sur le Quietisme des Indes''; 1688)
Other works include ''The Book of Felicity'' (Sa'adat-nāma) and ''The Truth of Certainty about the Knowledge of the Lord of the Worlds'' (Ḥaqq al-yaqīn fi ma'rifat rabb al-'alamīn. The former is regarded as a relatively unknown poetic masterpiece written in ''khafif'' meter, while the later is his lone work of prose.Lewisohn (1995) p. 24/39
See also
*Sufism
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
*List of famous Sufis
This list article contains names of notable people commonly considered as Sufis or otherwise associated with Sufism.
List of notable Sufis
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* Abu Baqar Siddique
* Abadir Umar ar-Rida
* Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi
* Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani
* Al ...
*List of Persian poets and authors
The list is not comprehensive, but is continuously being expanded and includes Persian writers and poets from Iran, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, India, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Turkmenistan. This list is alphabetized by chronological or ...
Notes
References
*Leonard Lewisohn, ''Beyond Faith and Infidelity''. Cruzon Press. 1995 *E.G. Browne, ''Literary History of Persia''. (Four volumes, 2,256 pages, and twenty-five years in the writing). 1998. *Jan Rypka, ''History of Iranian Literature''. Reidel Publishing Company. 1968 . *François Bernier, ''Lettre sur le Quiétisme des Indes'' in: ''Histoire des Ouvrages des Savans ''Histoire des Ouvrages des Savans'' was a scholarly journal edited by Henri Basnage de Beauval and published by Reinier Leers, starting in September 1687. It was styled after the journal, ''Nouvelles de la république des lettres'', which had been ...
'', Henri Basnage de Beauval Henri Basnage de Beauval (7 August 1656 – April 1710) was a French Huguenot lawyer, controversist and lexicographer, known also as a journal editor.
Life
He was born at Rouen, son of the advocate Henri Basnage de Franquesnay and brother of Jacq ...
(ed.), September 1688.
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External links
www.poetry-chaikhana.com
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