THE BOOK OF CHISHTI SUFI POETS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith The Chishti Order is a Sufi order within the mystic branches of Islam that was founded in Chisht, a small town near Herat, Afghanistan about 930 A.D. It was brought to India by the Perfect Spiritual Master and poet Mu'in ud-din Chishti. It has a wide following, even today. The Chishti Order is known for its emphasis on love, tolerance, and openness. The Poets: Mu'in ud-din Chishti, Baba Farid, Nizam-ud-din Auliya, Amir Khusrau, Hasan Dihlavi, Niyaz, Inayat Khan and Khadim. Introduction is on the Chishti Order of Sufism and the Poetic forms of the Master Poets of this famous Order of the Indian Sub-Continent and on Sufis & Dervishes... Their Art & Use of Poetry. Spiritual Glossary. The correct rhyme-structures have been kept and the meaning of these often beautiful, powerful and always spiritual, enlightening poems. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" Pages 372. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'."It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart."Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Ghalib, Iqbal, Makhfi, Lalla Ded, Nazir Akbarabadi and others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa
