Nur al-Din Abd al-Rahman Jami (d. 1492 CE) of Herat was one of the last great classical Persian poets and a master of the Naqshbandi path. His works include Yusuf and Zulaikha, Lawa’ih and the Nafahat al-Uns, and he was revered across Persia, Central Asia and India.
Islam Central has 2 summaries of works by Jami, each in short audio and text chapters with a free preview on its page.
Jami’s celebrated Persian retelling of Yusuf and Zulaikha: a story of beauty, longing, temptation and repentance that becomes a parable of the soul’s love for Allah.
14 chapters · 44 min
Short ‘flashes’ of spiritual insight from a Persian master: the heart can hold only one love, every beauty is a ray of Allah’s beauty, and you become what you dwell on.
12 chapters · 38 minCopyright © 2026 · Islam Central
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