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Sufi literature consists of works in various languages that express and advocate the ideas of Sufism.

Sufism had an important influence on medieval literature, especially poetry, that was written in Arabic, Persian, Turkic and Urdu. Sufi doctrines and organizations provided more freedom to literature than did the court poetry of the period. The Sufis borrowed elements of folklore in their literature.

The works of Nizami, Nava'i, Hafez, Sam'ani and Jami were more or less related to Sufism. The verse of such Sufi poets as Sanai (died c. 1140), Attar (born c. 1119), and Rumi (died 1273) protested against oppression with an emphasis on divine justice and criticized evil rulers, religious fanaticism and the greed and hypocrisy of the orthodox Muslim clergy. The poetic forms used by these writers were similar to the folk song, parable and fairy tale.

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Sufi literature

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Sufism

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Sufism in India

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This Persian influence flooded South Asia with Islam, Sufi thought, syncretic values, literature, education, and entertainment that has created an enduring...

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List of Sufi saints

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Tariqa

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(2007). SUFISM AND ENGLISH LITERATURE : Chaucer to the Present Age. Adam Publishers & Distributors. ISBN 978-81-7435-523-2. Sufi martyrs of love By Carl...

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Persian literature

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widely imitated by many Sufi and non-Sufi poets. See also the article on Sufi poetry. Many notable texts in Persian mystic literature are not poems, yet highly...

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Sufi philosophy

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that early Sufi literature, in the form of manuals, treatises, discourses and poetry, became the source of Sufi thinking and meditations. Sufi philosophy...

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Yusuf and Zulaikha

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and Zulaikha. It became a classical example and the most famous version of Sufi interpretation of Qur’anic narrative material. Jami's example shows how a...

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Kadam Rao Padam Rao

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written during 1421-1434 AD, by Fakhruddin Nizami of Bidar. It contains a Sufi tale designed to describe the soul's present state and its liberation, in...

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Masnavi

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of Islamic wisdom, but primarily focuses on emphasizing inward personal Sufi interpretation. In contrast to Rumi's Divan-i Shams-i Tabrizi, the Masnavi...

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List of Sufis

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This list article contains names of notable people commonly considered as Sufis or otherwise associated with Sufism. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R...

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Blind men and an elephant

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of 1st millennium CE or before. The story also appears in 2nd millennium Sufi and Baháʼí Faith lore. The tale later became well known in Europe, with 19th-century...

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Padmavat

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extant text among the important works in Awadhi. A famous piece of Sufi literature from the period, it relates an allegorical fictional story about the...

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List of stories in the Masnavi

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wheresoever you be” “Let him who desires to sit with God sit with the Súfís” The Merchant and the Parrot which gave him a message to the parrots of...

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Sufi psychology

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There are three central ideas in Sufi Islamic psychology, which are the Nafs (self, ego or psyche), the Qalb (heart) and the Ruh (spirit). The origin and...

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Jami

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writer of mystical Sufi literature. He was primarily a prominent poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a Khwājagānī Sũfī, recognized for his...

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The Aims of the Philosophers

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Maqasid al Falasifa (Arabic: مقاصد الفلاسفة), or The Aims of the Philosophers was written by Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali. Influenced by...

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Heer Ranjha

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its eyewitness. His Qissa is deemed to be the oldest Heer in Punjabi literature. He stated himself to be from Jhang—the home of Heer. 16th century poet...

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Rumi

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13th-century poet, Hanafi faqih, Islamic scholar, Maturidi theologian and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Greater Iran. Rumi's works were...

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The Conference of the Birds

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also known as مقامات الطیور Maqāmāt-uṭ-Ṭuyūr; 1177) is a Persian poem by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. The title is...

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Layla and Majnun

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popularity of the legend has influenced Middle Eastern literature, especially Sufi writers, in whose literature the name Layla refers to their concept of the Beloved...

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Adam in Islam

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Louise (2021). The Symbolic Function of Angels in the Qurʾān and Sufi Literature (PhD thesis). American University of Beirut. hdl:10938/22446. Chipman...

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List of Sufi orders

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The following is a list of notable Sufi orders or schools (tariqa). Ahmad al-Alawi Ba 'Alawiyya (Ba’ Alawi tariqa) Badawiyya (Badawi tariqa) Bektashi (Bektashiyyah...

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Cherub

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Gallorini, Louise. THE SYMBOLIC FUNCTION OF ANGELS IN THE QURʾĀN AND SUFI LITERATURE. Diss. 2021. p. 125. Schöck, Cornelia (1996). "Die Träger des Gottesthrones...

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