Reseña del libro "Invocations and Prayers of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari of Herat (en Inglés)"
DescriptionKhwaja Abdullah Ansari-Pir-i-Herat, or 'Sage of Herat'-who lived in the eleventhcentury, is revered as one of the world's great and earliest Sufis. He turned to tasawwuf(Islamic mysticism) at a very young age, and came to be regarded as an extraordinaryteacher, mystic, and an authority on Islam. Thousands were drawn to him and became hisfollowers, and to this day his poetry and prose-collected in Persian and Arabic texts thatare widely regarded as masterpieces-inspire and instruct scholars, seekers and the piousfaithful alike.Abdullah Ansari's tomb in Herat, in modern-day Afghanistan-a country ravaged inrecent decades by discord and violence-remains a place of pilgrimage and peace formillions. In that beautiful sanctuary and elsewhere-including Panipat in India, where hisdescendants settled in the thirteenth century-his legacy and teachings continue to givesolace to humanity, guiding us towards humility and compassion.This compilation of Abdullah Ansari's invocations, prayers and counsels, selectedfrom translations by two celebrated scholars, is a book of wisdom for all times. It isof particular relevance today, over a millennium after these words were spoken andrecorded. As Syeda Hameed writes in her introduction, for our highly troubled anddeeply hurt world, this is the healing hand of a wise Sufi Pir.
