Ruba'iyat of Auhad ud-din

RUBA'IYAT OF AUHAD UD-DIN Translation and Introduction by Paul Smith Auhad ud-din Kermani (1164-1238) was influenced by 'Attar, Ibn 'Arabi (whom he knew) and Suhrawadi and was a powerful speaker and a Sufi Master whose disciples at one time numbered over 70,000. He used the ruba'i form (composing over 1700) in his teaching although he also composed in other forms. Among his followers was Auhadi of Maragha who took his takhallus or pen-name from his master. His ideas and behaviour was said t...