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Sharḥ-i Naáºm al-durr
Sharḥ-i qaṣīda-yi tÄʾiyya-yi kubrÄ-yi Ibn-i FÄriá¸
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Ibn al-FÄriḠ(d. 632/1235) is arguably the greatest mystical poet in the history of Arabic literature. Born in Cairo and a student of ShÄfiÊ¿Ä« law and ḥadÄ«th in his younger years, he turned to mysticism, living a solitary existence on Cairoâs Muqaá¹á¹am hills, in the desert, and in the Hijaz. After his return to Cairo, people worshipped him as a saint, and even today admirers still visit his tomb. Ibn Turka Iá¹£fahÄnÄ« (d. 835/1432) stemmed from a well-educated family in Isfahan. A survivor of TÄ«mÅ«r Langâs (d. 807/1405) massacre of the population of Isfahan in 789/1387, he first studied the Islamic sciences with his elder brother in Samarqand, after which he went on a study tour which took him to such great scholars as Shams al-DÄ«n FanÄrÄ« (d. 834/1451) and SirÄj al-DÄ«n al-BulqÄ«nÄ« (d. 805/1403). A specialist of mysticism in its relation to philosophy and Islam, this is his commentary on Ibn al-FÄriá¸âs al-TÄʾiyya al-kubrÄ.