Seeking The Beloved by Shah Abdul Latif (Hardcover)

Known as one of the greatest sufi works in history, Shah Abdul Latif`s Shah Jo Risalo is a prayer, a cry for the beloved. Written more than 250 years ago, Latif`s poetry is deeply rooted in the human experience of searching for the self- a self that is one with the nirakar, the omnipresent, centered within yet diffuse as attar. The book is first ever English translations of the Risalo in India. About Author : Shah Abdul Latif od Bhitai is the celebrated 16th century sufi poet.Latif`s unique treatment and allegorical interpretations of common folk tales, like Sasui-Punhoon, are truely relevent in today`s atmosphere of religious strife. The sufis, as is known, were great integrators and Latif`s poetry draws freely from both Islamic and Vedantic traditions.