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Muslim / Sufi

13th Century

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Timeline (1207? - 1291)

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English version by
Edward B. Eastwick

Original Language
Persian/Farsi

Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomfited;

Themes

Sexual Union

Water

Recommended Books

	The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick
	The Mystics of Islam, by Reynold A. Nicholson
	Perfume of the Desert: Inspirations from the Sufi Wisdom, by Andrew Harvey / Eryk Hanut

Have no doubts because of trouble nor be thou discomfited;
For the water of life's fountain springeth from a gloomy bed.

Ah! ye brothers of misfortune! be not ye with grief oppressed,
Many are the secret mercies which with the All-bounteous rest.

1258

-- from The Gulistan of Sadi: The Rose Garden, Translated by Edward B. Eastwick

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