The Enclosed Garden of Truth
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The Enclosed Garden of Truth, or Hadiqat al-haqaiq wa shari'at al-tariqah, is a significant mystical poem by the Persian poet Sanai. Written around 1131, it is considered the first major mystical poem in the Persian language and greatly influenced later Persian and Muslim literature.12
The poem, comprising 10,000 couplets, explores Sanai's ideas on God, love, philosophy, and reason. It established a pattern for later mystical masnavi poems, using stories and anecdotes to convey wisdom. Sanai was a pioneer in using traditional Persian verse forms like the qasidah and ghazal to express Sufi (Islamic mystical) concepts.12
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