Gulshan-i Rāz

<p><b>An authoritative new edition and translation with commentary of one of the masterpieces of Persian Sufi poetry.</b></p><p>The <i>Gulshan-i Rāz</i> by Mahmud Shabistarī (1288-1340) is widely regarded as a masterpiece of Persian Sufi poetry and philosophy. This new edition by the renowned scholar of Islam Seyyed Hossein Nasr not only includes a translation of the poem it also establishes a new authoritative edition of the Persian text and provides extensive commentary on the poem and its place in the Islamic Sufi and philosophical traditions. The work also introduces readers to the world of Islamic esotericism and mysticism and it includes extensive discussion of deep metaphysical cosmological and anthropological ideas of universal interest beyond the realm of Sufi and Islamic studies. Written in language that is accessible to both Muslim and non-Muslim readers it provides a compelling introduction to Sufi thought through the lens of poetry.</p>