Beads Of Dew From The Source Of Life

Beads of Dew from the Source of Life er den første engelske oversættelse af Rashahat 'Ain al-Hayat af Ali ibn Husain Safi, der levede i begyndelsen af det 10. århundrede e.H. og var svoger til mystikeren og digteren Jami.

Bogen fortæller om livet og læren hos Khwajagan – Visdommens Mestre – en gruppe sufier i Centralasien, bl.a. 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Ghujdawani og Baha' al-Din Naqshband, som Naqshbandi-ordenen er opkaldt efter.

Bogen er på engelsk.

In English

Ali ibn Husain Safi , the author of the Rashahat, lived in the beginning of the 10th Century AH. He was brother-in-law of the famous mystic and poet Jami who gave him the name 'Safi'. In the Rashahat 'Ain al-Hayat, Safi gives an account of the lives and teachings of a group of Sufi mystics known as the Khwajagan - the Masters of Wisdom. The Khwajagan lived in Central Asia between the 4th and the 9th centuries Hijri. The ranks of the Khwajagan include the great sufis 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Ghujdawani and Baha' al-Din Naqshband, who gave his name to the Naqshbandi order, though he did not found it. The many branches of the Naqshbandiyya survive to this day. This book is the first translation of the Rashahat into English and provides the present generation with clear and precise biographies of the great and genuine sufis who emerged in Turkestan at a most significant period.