The Singing Caravan – A Sufi Tale
The Singing Caravan – A Sufi Tale is a sufi poem by Baron Robert Gilbert Vansittart. The book was published in 1919 in the United States. Vansittart was a British … Read more and download PDF
Sufism
Sufism is a spiritual part of Islam known for its love of nature and poetic expressions in writing, dance and philosophy. Here we have a fine selection of books about Sufism and some of the greatest sufi masters and poets.
The Secrets of the Self – Asrár-i Khudí – by Muhammad Iqbal
The Secrets of the Self also known as Asrár-i Khudí is a Sufi-poem published in Lahore in 1915. The author, Muhammad Iqbal, was an Indian Moslem. He had the rare opportunity to … Read more and download PDF
The Complete Hadith – All 9 Volumes in one PDF
The Hadith is the second most important Islamic book after the Quran. The book is often referred to as “The backbone of Islamic culture” because of its immense influence on … Read more and download PDF
The Sufism of the Rubaiyat or The Secret of the Great Paradox
The Sufism of the Rubaiyat or The Secret of the Great Paradox by Norton F. W. Hazeldine, second edition 1906. The Persian word Rubaiyat means “reading between the lines”, or … Read more and download PDF
The Conference of the Birds
The Conference of the Birds by Farid Ud-Din Attar is a classic in Sufi-literature and Islamic esoteric teaching. The work is also known from other translations from Persian as “Speech … Read more and download PDF
History of Mysticism – The Unchanging Testament
History of Mysticism – The Unchanging Testament by Swami Abhayananda is an authoritative history book on mysticial experiences. Other books and articles by Swami Abhayananda may be read and freely downloaded on his … Read more and download PDF
Muslim Saints and Mystics by Farid Al-Din Attar
Farid Al-Din Attar was one of old Persias greatest poets. He appears to have died between a.d. 1220 and 1230. Of the very numerous epics and idylls ascribed to Attar perhaps nine may be recognized … Read more and download PDF
The Sacred Books of the East – all 50 volumes
The Sacred Books of the East is an enormous project undertaken by Max Müller and various authors from 1879 and 1910. The group’s work was published by Oxford University Press … Read more and download PDF
The Whirling Ecstasy by Aflaki
Jelal-ed-din Rumi was born at Balkh, Persia, in 1207, and died at Konya, Turkey, in 1273. He founded the order of Mevlevi or whirling dervishes, and his chief work is … Read more and download PDF
Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light by Namkhai Norbu
Dream Yoga and the Practice of Natural Light by Namkhai Norbu. Systems for dreamwork and dream awareness have been found for millennia within Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Sufism, and traditional cultures throughout … Read more and download PDF
Masnavi-I Ma’navi – Teachings of Rumi
The title of Rumis masterwork Masnavi-I Ma’navi means “Rhyming Couplets of Profound Spiritual Meaning.” Rumi himself referred to the Masnavi as “the roots of the roots of the roots of the … Read more and download PDF
The Messenger of God – Muhammed – An Analysis of the Prophets Life
The Life of the Prophet Muhammad has been a topic for many books and studies. The Messenger of God – Muhammed – An Analysis of the Prophets Life differs from … Read more and download PDF
The Tawasin of Mansur Al-Hallaj
Author of The Tawasin, Mansur Al-Hallaj was a Persian mystic, revolutionary writer and teacher of Sufism most famous for his apparent, but disputed, self-proclaimed divinity, his poetry and for his … Read more and download PDF
SUFISM: THE PERSIAN MYSTICS – JALALU’D-DIN RUMI
The word Sufi is derived from the word suf, meaning “wool”. When a little Persian sect at the end of the eighth century A.D. broke away from the orthodox Muslim … Read more and download PDF
The Mystics of Islam by Reynold A. Nicholson
The Mystics of Islam by Reynold A. Nicholson. Academic introduction to the origins of Sufism. In The Mystics of Islam, Reynold A. Nicholson draws lines to old Christian, gnostic, neoplatonistic … Read more and download PDF