Sufi poetry

Sufi poetry has been written in many languages, both for private devotional reading and as lyrics for music played during worship, or dhikr. Themes and styles established in Arabic and Persian poetry have had an enormous influence on Sufi poetry throughout the Islamic world.

Some of the most famous works, both poetry and prose, in Sufi literature are:

• Sheikh Abu Saeed Abul-kheir's Asrar al-Tawhid ("The Mysteries of Unification")
• The Mathnavi and Diwan-e Shams-e Tabriz-i of Rumi
• Attar's The Conference of the Birds
• Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam ("The Bezels of Wisdom")
• Al-Ghazali's Kimiya-yi sa'ādat ("The Alchemy of Happiness")

Schimmel, Annemarie: "As Through A Veil, Mystical Poetry in Islam". Dunn, Philip: " The Love Poems of Rumi" Andrews McMeel Publishing.

See also

• Sufism
• Islamic music
• Persian literature