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Sa'd ud Din Mahmud Shabistari was born in Persia, in Shabistar, near Tabriz, about 1250 Ce.

His best known work, The Secret Rose Garden was written as a reply to questions by a Sufi doctor of Herat.
This set of verses uses the rich Sufi allegorical language to explore the path to God.

Title Page

Contents

Editorial Note

Introduction

Acknowledgment

Part I. The Perfect Face of the Beloved

Part II. Beauty

Part III. The Sea and its Pearls

Part IV. The Journey

Part V. Time and This Dream-World

Part VI. Reflections

Part VII. Divine Inebriation

Part VIII. Reason and Free-Will

Part IX. Man: His Capabilities and His Destiny

Part X. The One

Part XI. The Self

Part XII. Idols, Girdles, and Christianity

Part XIII. Thoughts

Part XIV. The Light Manifest

Epilogue