rūzbihān baqlī - mysticism and the rhetoric of sainthood

From Alan Godlas: Ruzbihan Baqli (d. 606/1209) was an ecstatic Sunni Sufi shaykh and author from Shiraz (Iran). He was the subject of a recent study, Ruzbihan Baqli, by Professor Carl Ernst. Although Ruzbihan wrote a number of books, only his diary of visions The Unveiling of Secrets (Kashf al-asrar) (in Ernst's translation) is available in English. His most voluminous work is his encyclopedic Qur'an commentary, 'Ara'is al-bayan, which includes not only his own view of the Sufi implications of the Qur'an but also substantial Qur'an commentary from the earliest Sufi shaykhs (taken from Sulami) and from Qushayri. See his commentary on "Guide us on the straight path" (Qur'an 1:6). See as well my article "Surrender: Its Significance for Today and in the Qur'anic Commentary of Ruzbihan al-Baqli";[http://www.uga.edu/islam/surrender_ruzbihan.html]After having identified 65 manuscripts of 'Ara'is al-bayan and having edited and translated a fragment of it for my Ph.D. dissertation, I am currently in the process of editing and translating its entirety. Although Henry Corbin translated part of a work of Ruzbihan's on Spritual Love (Le Jasmin des fideles d'amour), the first full length French translations of Ruzbihan's works have been published only recently by Paul Ballanfat as Le devoilement des secrets (Kashf al-asrar) and L'ennuagement du coeur (which also includes another work, Les Eclosions de la lumiere de l'affirmation de l'unicite.http://www.uga.edu/islam/sufismearly.htmlAbu Muhammad Sheikh Ruzbehan Baqli (1128–1209) was a poet, mystic, and sufi from Fasa.[citation needed] Ruzbehan studied in Shiraz under famous Sufi masters and remained there until his final days. He composed verses in the Shirazi dialect of his time. He is buried in Shiraz, Iran.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruzbihan_Baqli