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Muslim / Sufi
11th Century

About Qushayri

Timeline (? - 1074)

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English version by
Michael A. Sells

Original Language
Persian/Farsi
My ordeal in you is that

 
 
 
 
 

 

Recommended Books

Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Quran, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Michael A. Sells
Principles of Sufism, by Qushayri / Translated by B. R. Von Schiegell

My ordeal in you is that
     I take no heed of my ordeal.
Your nearness is like your farness.
     When is the moment of my rest?

 

 

-- from Early Islamic Mysticism: Sufi, Quran, Miraj, Poetic and Theological Writings (Classics of Western Spirituality), by Michael A. Sells

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