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Muslim / Sufi
11th Century

About Khwaja Abdullah Ansari

Timeline (1006 - 1088)

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English version by
Anonymous

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
Devotion for Thee

Themes
  Garden
  Heart
  Trembling
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations, Translated by Victor Danner / Translated by Wheeler M. Thackston
Munajat: The Intimate Invocations, by Sheikh Ansari / Translated by A. G. Farhadi
Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut
Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

Life in my body pulsates only for Thee,
My heart beats in resignation to Thy will.
If on my dust a tuft of grass were to grow
Every blade would tremble with my devotion for Thee!

 

 

-- from Poetry for the Spirit: Poems of Universal Wisdom and Beauty, Edited by Alan Jacobs

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