The Mystics of Islam

by Reynold Alleyne Nicholson

B. Translations

Hujwīrī, Kashf al-Mahjūb, translated by R. A. Nicholson (London, 1911).

The oldest Persian treatise on Sūfism.

ʿAttār, Le Manticu ’ttair ou le Langage des Oiseaux, translated, with an essay on the philosophical and religious poetry of Persia, by Garcin de Tassy (Paris, 1864).

Jalāluddīn Rūmī, Masnavī, abridged translation by E. H. Whinfield, 2nd ed. (London, 1898).

Masnavī, Book i., translated by Sir James Redhouse (London, 1881).

Masnavī, Book ii., translated with commentary by C. E. Wilson (London, 1910).

Selected Odes from the Dīvāni Shamsi Tabrīz, Persian text with English translation, introduction, and notes by R. A. Nicholson (Cambridge, 1898).

Mahmūd Shabistarī, Gulshani Rāz, Persian text with English translation, introduction, and notes by E. H. Whinfield (London, 1880).

A versified exposition of the chief Sūfī doctrines. It should be read by every one who is seriously interested in the subject.