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Teachings on freedom and human wholeness“This seventh volume of the Centennial Edition of the Sufi Message series takes as its leading idea that of freedom. All beings pursue freedom since freedom is an essential quality of the soul. Too often, however, one person’s ostensible freedom is achieved at the expense of that of someone else. A truer freedom arises from the realization of interconnectedness.In the end, In an Eastern Rose Garden is a book about human wholeness. Peace and creativity, freedom and friendship, aristocracy and democracy, the inner and the outer—in the reconciliation of each of these pairs of seeming contraries lies the realization of the purpose for which we were created.”—From the introduction by Pir Zia Inayat Khan

A transcendent exploration of the nature and effects of sound by the Sufi master.

The Music of Life is the definitive collection of Hazrat Inayat Khan’s teachings on sound, presenting the Sufi master’s vision of the harmony that underlies and infuses every aspect of our lives. Inayat Khan explores the science of breath, the law of rhythm, the creative process, and both the healing power and psychological influence of music and sound, all with deep insight and wisdom.

“What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and our body, the nature in which we live, the nature that has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music. We are close to all this music, and live and move and have our being in music.”

—Inayat Khan

A guide to training the ego, tuning the heart, and developing willpower. The Sufis consider the divine art of creating the human personality to be the fruit of the whole creation. The Art of Being and Becoming gathers Inayat Khan’s teachings on this divine art and gives methods for training the ego, tuning the heart, and developing willpower—all to help one develop and perfect a natural way of being in the world.

Lectures and new translations illuminating the work of Persia’s mystic poets.The Hand of Poetry offers entry into the world of beauty and truth. Seven lectures on Persian poetry given by Hazrat Inayat Khan are followed by some of the poetry he discusses, including pieces from Sanai, Attar, Rumi, Saadi, and Hafiz—all newly translated by the poet Coleman Barks. This revised edition also includes two additional chapters by Hazrat Inayat Khan, drawn from original source material.

Hazrat Inayat Khan’s classic 1912 work on Indian musical theory and practice.

The Minqār-i Mūsīqār is prized as much for the quality of its content as for its distinguished author. This book communicates the musical learning and enthusiasms of the twenty-five-year-old Inayat Khan, whose personal drive, ambition to engage with the wider world, and longing for the divine are palpable throughout.

In the Minqār-i Mūsīqār, we find a compilation of theory and practice current during Inayat Khan’s time and taught in his family line. Its sections on theory are based on the teachings of the author’s grandfather, Maula Bakhsh, and other late nineteenth-century sources. The songs at the center of the book are the author’s compositions, and the poetry collection includes more than sixty choice Urdu and Persian ghazals. But, as valuable as it is for its musical content, the Minqār is equally fascinating in what it tells us about the writer and the times in which it was written.

Discourses on the transformative power of music, now brought to life for a new generation.Music has long been an important part of Sufi culture and practice, and Hazrat Inayat Khan’s musical qualifications are well known. He became a professor of music at an early age and subsequently won laurels throughout India for his performances. The lectures in this volume, “The Mysticism of Sound,” “Music,” “The Power of the Word,” and “Cosmic Language,” represent the harvest of Inayat Khan’s lifelong cultivation of the transformative power of music and sound. For decades, these fascinating discourses have provided inspiration to Sufi practitioners and dedicated musicians alike, and this new edition aims to bring Inayat Khan’s philosophy of music to a new generation.

Early teachings from the London period, including the only work written by Hazrat Inayat Khan himself

This volume comprises six books from the London period that include A Sufi Message of Spiritual Liberty, Hazrat Inayat Khan’s first book, and the only didactic work he would ever personally write. The subsequent books are lecture compilations of the London period assembled by two prominent early disciples, Sherifa Goodenough and Zohra Williams: Aqibat: Life after Death; The Phenomenon of the Soul; Love, Human and Divine; Pearls from the Ocean Unseen; Metaphysics. This volume contains early works by Hazrat Inayat Khan and feature his distinctive mystical vision of life, a numinous music that quickens attuned minds with the gentle vigor of its ethereal harmonies.