The minute one thinks of Sufism, writes scholar Rana Safvi in her book, one that is both descriptive and interpretative, “the two strong images that come to mind are qawwalis and Melvana Jalaluddin Rumi’s mystical verses”. The qawwali, developed in the 13th century by Amir Khusro, is embedded in our popular culture and was once a must-have in every Bollywood movie. Rumi, founder of the Mevlavi Sufi (1207-1273), was a poet and scholar, described by the New Yorker as “the bestselling poet in the United States”. His couplets feature in the albums of artistes as varied as Chris Martin of Coldplay and Madonna.
Coleman Baker, Rumi’s translator, recites this from Rumi in one of Coldplay’s albums: “This being human is a guest house/ Every morning a new arrival/ A joy, a depression, a meanness,/ some momentary awareness comes/ as an unexpected visitor.” But, of course, there is more to Sufism than qawwalis and Rumi, and Safvi’s meticulous research gives us a view of both its depth and width.
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