Khwaja ‘Abd Allah-i Ansari: Wisdom Divine

Ismaili traditions of devotional poetry continued to flourish after the Mongol conquests, although much of it has been little known until recently. Khwaja ‘Abd Allah-i Ansari, who bore the same name as a famous 11th-century Sufi, wrote during the imamate of Mustansir bi’llah III, also known as Gharib Mirza, in whose praise he composed poems such as “Wisdom Divine,” which is translated here.

Virani, Shafique N. “Khwāja ʿAbd Allāh-i Anṣārī: Wisdom Divine.” In An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi‘i Vision of Islam. Edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh and Kutub Kassam, 294-296. London:I.B.Tauris in association with Institute of Ismaili Studies, 2008.