The Sufi shelf gathers the public texts, source dossiers, and support pages currently held under this tradition room. Use this page as a doorway into the shelf rather than as a complete history of the tradition.
Main Doorways
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- Attar holds 10 public texts or support pages. Start with The Conference of the Birds, The Book of Advice, The Book of Secrets.
- General Texts holds 14 public texts or support pages. Start with A Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty, Bird Parliament, Shaman, Saiva and Sufi.
- Hallaj holds 5 public texts or support pages. Start with Bustān al-Ma'rifa — The Garden of Knowledge, Diwan al-Hallaj — Continuation, Diwan al-Hallaj — The Second Diwan.
- Hamadani holds 1 public texts or support pages. Start with The Flashes.
- Junaid holds 6 public texts or support pages. Start with Book of Annihilation, Book of the Covenant, Five Treatises of al-Junaid.
- Khaqani holds 1 public texts or support pages. Start with The Prison Qasidas.
- Makki holds 2 public texts or support pages. Start with Qut al-Qulub — Food for the Hearts, Qut al-Qulub (Nourishment of Hearts).
- Muhasibi holds 2 public texts or support pages. Start with Adab al-Nufus, Al-Wasaya.
- Rumi holds 2 public texts or support pages. Start with The Masnavi — Book I (Sections XII–XXXIV), The Masnavi — Book I.
- Sanai holds 5 public texts or support pages. Start with The Walled Garden of Truth — Book II, The Walled Garden of Truth — Book III, The Walled Garden of Truth — Book IV.
- Sulami holds 1 public texts or support pages. Start with Tabaqat al-Sufiyya.
Suggested Use
Begin with the introduction if one is present, then move into the rooms or individual texts listed above. For technical terms, names, and recurring concepts, use the local glossary on this shelf together with the central Good Works Glossary.