The Bowl of Saqi: A Sufi Book of Days

by Hazrat Inayat Khan

Book Overview

FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1922, The Bowl of Saqi is a collection of 366 aphorisms lovingly culled from the talks and personal notebooks of Hazrat Inayat Khan and arranged according to the days of the year,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615611486
• ISBN13: 9780615611488
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Albion-Andalus Books
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Timeless wisdom

"Words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels. -- Aug 16." If that is true, than this slim volume is more precious than a bank vault full of jewels. This book consists of 366 aphorisms, one for each day of the calendar year, by Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882-1927), the great Sufi mystic and talented communicator of timeless values. Some of these aphorisms are more proverb-like ("Those who throw dust at the sun, the dust falls in their own eyes. -- March 4"), some re-vision traditional religious values ("The lover of nature is the true worshipper of God. -- Aug. 13"), and some are fodder for deep reflection over time ("Mysticism to the mystic is both science and religion. -- Oct. 17"). Overall, this is a short book to read all the way through, and it is a book that yields deeper and deeper on repeated readings. I cannot recommend it enough. The volumes with just "A Book of Saki" by itself are now out of print, but the entire text is contained in The Complete Sayings.