Nizam Ad-din Awliya: Morals for the Heart Sijzi Amir Hasan
MALFUZAT: WORDS OF WISDOM SERIESThe Malfuzat series is a unique genre of books that records the utterances emanating from the lips of the sage through the pen of the devoted disciple. These words of…
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MALFUZAT: WORDS OF WISDOM SERIESThe Malfuzat series is a unique genre of books that records the utterances emanating from the lips of the sage through the pen of the devoted disciple. These words of wisdom are not only a source of guidance for the initiated but will provide inspiration and edification for the general reader.The first and foremost representative of a literary genre that attained great popularity among South Asian Sufis, Fawaid al-Fu'ad or Morals for the Heart, contains the conversation of a major India saint, Shaykh Nizam ad-din Awliya (D.1325). Though recorded by a poet-disciple Amir Hasan, they were edited by the saint himself, and reflect his chaste, understated tone. In its style Morals for the Heart exemplifies the virtue of Persian prose as a didactic instrument. It communicates the numerous skills, the diverse moods, and the remarkable