Persia's first great mystic poet, author of the Ḥadíqatu'l-Ḥaqíqat or "Garden of Truth." (A.D. 1131). From G̲h̲azna or Balk̲h̲. Persia's other great mystic writers in the Mat̲h̲naví form are 'Aṭṭár and Rúmí; the last-named humbly wrote: "Aṭṭár was the Spirit, and Saná'í its two eyes; We come after Saná'í and 'Aṭṭár." |