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Muslim / Sufi

13th Century

Iran/Per
(Middle East)

Baba Afzal Kashani

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Poems by Baba Afzal Kashani
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Baba Afzal al-Din Kashani (also written Afdal Kashani) was a respected Sufi philosopher and poet who lived in the Kashan region of Persia (Iran). Although he wrote extensively on philosophy, the popular image of him is as an ecstatic and his mystic poetry is celebrated today for that reason.

Poems by Baba Afzal Kashani

	Find It in You
	My hearing, sight, my tongue and hand: all He.
	You must be cross-eyed not to see the Real

Recommended Books

The Drunken Universe: An Anthology of Persian Sufi Poetry, Translated by Peter Lamborn Wilson / Translated by Nasrollah Pourjavady

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The Heart of Islamic Philosophy: The Quest for Knowledge in the Teachings of Afdal Al-Din Kashani, by William C. Chittick

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Love's Alchemy: Poems from the Sufi Tradition, Translated by David Fideler / Translated by Sabrineh Fideler

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