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Muslim / Sufi
11th Century
Afghanistan
(Middle East)

 

Sheikh Ansari

Timeline (1006 - 1088)

 

Poems by Sheikh Ansari
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Sheikh Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, Sheikh Ansari Jabir ibn 'Abdullah al-Ansari, also known as Ansari of Herat.


Some of Ansari's works include Kashf al-Asrar "Unveiling of the Secrets" (Commentary of the Qur'an), Tabaquat al-Sufiyya (The Generations of the Sufis),  "Munajat" (Intimate Invocations) which is incorporated into the Kashf al-Asrar and in the Tabaqat.  

Khwaja Abdullah Ansari died in Herat the year 1088, and his burial place in Herat is still a place of pilgrimage for thousands of Sufis every year.

 

Poems by Sheikh Ansari

  Devotion for Thee
  Empty Me of Everything But Your Love
  Give Me
  The Beauty of Oneness
  The Friend Beside Me
  The one You kill,

Recommended Books

Ibn 'Ata' Illah the Book of Wisdom/Kwaja Abdullah Ansari Intimate Conversations, Translated by Victor Danner / Translated by Wheeler M. Thackston

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

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Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut

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

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