"Attar has roamed through the seven cities of love, while we have barely turned down the first street" .
Unlike Attar’s more famous Conference of the Birds , which is a narrative allegory, the Asrar-Nama is a collection of meditations and spiritual stories that explore the core tenets of Sufism. book of secrets attar of nishapur pdf
Attar of Nishapur (c. 1145–1221) was an apothecary by trade—his pen name, Attar , means "perfumer" or "pharmacist". He is often cited as the bridge between early Sufism and the later, more lyrical school of . "Attar has roamed through the seven cities of
Attar consistently argues that the key to knowing God is first knowing one's own soul. He writes that if one is ignorant of their own essence, any attempt to grasp the essence of God is futile. 1145–1221) was an apothecary by trade—his pen name,
A recurring motif in the text is the "entanglement of the soul in the material world" and the necessity of "dying before one dies"—annihilating the ego to witness the Divine.