Garden of Mystery: The Gulshan-i Raz of Mahmud Shabistari (Classics of Sufi Poetry) Allah and an illuminated calligraphic edition

and an illuminated calligraphic edition of Dala'il al-Khayrat

Excerpted from Hamza Yusuf’s Introduction —

This translation published for the first time with facing Arabic text also includes many notes and transliteration for the supplications contained within

This Meccan scholar represents one of the true inheritors of the Ghazālīan legacy in the modern age

and take on their highly pleasing courtesy

Garden of Mystery: The Gulshan-i Raz of Mahmud Shabistari (Classics of Sufi Poetry) Allah and an illuminated calligraphic editionGarden of Mystery, the 'Gulshan i Raz', holds a unique position in Persian Sufi literature. It is a compact and concise exploration of the doctrines of Sufism at the peak of their development that has remained a primary text of Sufism throughout the world from Turkey to India. It comprises a thousand lines of inspired poetry taking the form of answers to questions put by a fellow mystic. It provides a coherent literary bridge between the Persian