{"product_id":"9781890482947","title":"Secret Rose Garden of Shabistari","description":"The mystic verse of Shabistari, written during a period of fierce conflict   between Christianity and Islam in the fourteenth century, must be considered   among the greatest poetry of any time or land. Restating ibn 'Arabi's ideas in   poetic form and treating such themes as the Self and the One, the Spiritual   Journey, Time and This Dream-World, and the ecstasy of Divine Inebriation,   Shabistari's work is a perennial witness to the capabilities and destiny of   humanity. While Shabistari was deeply rooted in the Sufi mystical tradition,   there are no cultural gaps which need to be bridged, for he was keenly aware of   that one unique truth which all religions strive to approximate. Thus he writes:   \"'I' and 'you' are but the lattices, \/ In the niches of a lamp, \/ Through which   the One Light shines. \/ 'I' and 'you' are the veil \/ Between heaven and earth; \/   Lift this veil and you will see \/ No longer the bonds of sects and creeds. \/   When 'I' and 'you' do not exist, \/ What is mosque, what is synagogue? \/ What is   the Temple of Fire.\"   \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  This work will be of interest to all students of Sufism. It contains a  concise and very informative introduction, by the translator, to the  symbolism of Sufi poetry, and is re-typeset from the first edition,  published in 1920 in the Wisdom of the East series. It is estimated to have  sold over 15,000 copies in English translation.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  About the Author\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShabistari (c. 1250 -c.   1320) was a Persian Sufi poet from Tabriz. ","brand":"Phanes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033183928560,"sku":"9781890482947","price":6.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781890482947_p0.jpg?v=1763609080","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781890482947","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}