Asrar-nama

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Asrar-nama is a seminal Persian Sufi poetic work by Farid ud-Din Attar that explores mystical themes and the inner journey of the soul toward divine truth.

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Asrar-nama canonical 3
Asrarnameh 1
Asrār-nāmeh 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian poem
Sufi literature
didactic poem
addresses illusion of worldly attachments
path of spiritual realization
relationship between human and divine
aimsTo guide seekers on the spiritual path
associatedWith Persian Sufi canon
classical Persian poetry
author Farid ud-Din Attar
circulatedIn Sufi circles
contains allegorical stories
moral exhortations
parables
countryOfOrigin Persia
focusesOn love of God
overcoming the ego
purification of the heart
genre Sufi poetry
mystical poetry
hasAuthorRole Attar as Sufi poet
hasInfluenceOn later Persian mystic poets
influencedBy Hadith
Quran
earlier Sufi teachings
language Persian
literaryForm masnavi
literaryImportance seminal work of Persian Sufi poetry
mainTheme detachment from the material world
inner journey of the soul
mystical union with God
search for divine truth
self-knowledge
partOf Attar's mystical oeuvre
period medieval Persian literature
philosophicalOrientation asceticism
mysticism
religiousTradition Islam
Sufism
studiedIn Islamic mysticism courses
Persian literature studies
titleTranslation Book of Mysteries
titleVariant Asrarnameh
linked to: Asrar-nama

Asrār-nāmeh
linked to: Asrar-nama
uses didactic narrative voice
symbolic imagery
verseForm rhyming couplets

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Farid ud-Din Attar notableWork Asrar-nama
Attar of Nishapur notableWork Asrar-nama
Asrar-nama titleVariant Asrār-nāmeh
linked to: Asrar-nama
Asrar-nama titleVariant Asrarnameh
linked to: Asrar-nama
Attar Nishapuri notableWork Asrar-nama