{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/siim/index.htm","path":"isl/siim/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/siim/index.htm","text":"Bewilderment (hayra) when caused by letting the eye wander in different directions, is pernicious; but praiseworthy, when it is the result of gazing concentratedly on the beauty of the Beloved. The latter is characteristic of one who has lost himself in Divine contemplation. \"O Lord, increase my bewilderment!\" was a famous Sufi's prayer.--p. 208\nThis is a study of three early Sufi figures: Abu Sa'id (b. 967, d. 1049),\nal-Jili (b. 1365-9, d. 1406-1417),\nand Ibnu 'l-Farid (b. 1182, d. 1235).\nThe text includes historical and legendary narratives of these\nSufi masters, and detailed discussion of their philosophy and theology.\nThe book concludes with an extended critical translation of the\nOdes of Ibnu 'l-Farid.\nReynold Nicholson also wrote\nThe Mystics of Islam, and translated\nIqbal's The Secrets of the Self.\nHis translation of Rumi's Masnavi between 1925 and 1940 (which\nfor copyright reasons can't be posted at this site) is considered his\nlife's masterpiece, and the basis of much of the contemporary interest\nin Rumi.","title":"Studies in Islamic Mysticism Index","type":"page"}