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Muslim / Sufi
11th Century

About Khwaja Abdullah Ansari

Timeline (1006 - 1088)

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English version by
A.G. Farhadi

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
The Friend Beside Me

 
 
 
 
 

 

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

O God
You know why I am happy:
     It is because I seek Your company,
     not through my own efforts.

O God,
You decided and I did not.
     I found the Friend beside me
     when I woke up!

 

 

-- from Munajat: The Intimate Invocations, by Sheikh Ansari / Translated by A. G. Farhadi

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