Shaikh Asiri Lahiji (
Persian
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:) (death:1506) (full-name: ''Shamsuddin Muhammad bin Yahya Bin Ali Lahiji Nurbakshi'') was a Persian poet, theologian, and Sufi mystic of
Noorbakshi Order. He got the traditions of
mysticism
Mysticism is popularly known as becoming one with God or the Absolute (philosophy), Absolute, but may refer to any kind of Religious ecstasy, ecstasy or altered state of consciousness which is given a religious or Spirituality, spiritual meani ...
from
Shah Syed Muhammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani and was among Syed Muhammad Nurbaksh's favourite disciples. He joined the service of Syed Muhammad Nurbaksh in A.H 849/A.D 1445 and remained in the service for 16 years. During his service, he thrice obtained the consent of Shah Syed to become a guide to those who came to him to seek guidance.
After the death of Syed Muhammad Nurbaksh, Lahiji took up his abode in Shiraz where he began guiding Nurbakshi followers in the province of Herat. He built a hospice in Shiraz named "Khanqah i Nooriyeh". Lahiji died in
Shiraz
Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...
and was buried in the same hospice. He was the most learned disciple of Mir Sayyid Mihammad Nurbakhsh Qahistani and a great scholar of Sufia Noorbakhshia school of Islam.
Works
He wrote more than 500 ghazals and numerous quatrains under the pen-name ''Asiri'',
and was also an outstanding philosopher who wrote an interpretation and a philosophical commentary on
Shabistari's ''
Gulshan-i Raz
''Gulshan-i Raz'' (also spelled ''Gulshan-e Raz'' and ''Golshan-e Raz''; (, "Rose Garden of Secrets") is a collection of poems written in the 14th century by Mahmud Shabistari, Sheikh Mahmoud Shabestari. It is considered to be one of the greates ...
'' known as Mafatih ul Ejaz Fi Sharah Gulshan-e-Raaz.
His most important works are:-
# Mafatih ul Ejaz Fi Sharah Gulshan-e-Raaz
# Masnavi Asrar o Shuhud
# Divan-e-Assiri
See also
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Seyyed Qutb al-Din Mohammad Neyrizi
Seyyed Qutb al-Din Mohammad Neyrizi (born 1689 in Neyriz – died 1760 in Najaf) was a prominent Iranian mystic of the Safavid period (1501 to 1736). He was 32nd Qutb of Zahabiya genealogy (Shiite Sufi sect). All historians have written his nam ...
External links
The Secret Garden
References
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16th-century Persian-language poets
1506 deaths
Iranian Sufi saints
Year of death unknown
16th-century Iranian writers
People from Lahijan