The Book of Mu'in ud-din Chishti

Mu'in ud-din Chishti (1141-1230) also known as Gharib Nawaz or 'Benefactor of the Poor', is the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. In his book Pre Mughal Persian in Hindustan, Muhammad 'Abdu'l Ghani states... "He was the greatest lyric poet of his age. His style is exuberant and precise at once. His poems are a storehouse of transcendental thoughts beautifully ordered and forcefully expressed. There is always a sense of pious serenity and joy in his verses that are teeming with Divine Love... his poetry resembles closely that of Hafiz... He takes his readers along with him solely to spiritual ecstasy and gives them a peep into the ethereal world..." Today, hundreds of thousands of Muslims, Hindus, Christians and others take grace from his tomb and poems. This is the largest selection of his ghazals translated into English in the correct form and meaning. Introduction includes: Life, Times & Poetry of Mu'in ud-din Chishti, The Chishti Order of Sufism, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art & Use of Poetry, Main Forms of Poems Used by the Chishti Poets. Appendix: Selection of Poems by other Chishti Poets including Baba Farid, Nizam ud-din, Amir Khusrau, Hasan Dihlavi, Niyaz, Inayat Khan, Khadim.