The Gayan: Notes from the Unstruck Music

by Hazrat Inayat Khan

The Gayan is a kaleidoscopic look into the heart of Sufi master Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan. A collection of aphorisms, poems and prayers, this little volume is a distillation of Sufi wisdom. This edition first published 2005.

Genres: Islam

Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Hazrat Inayat Khan (Urdu: عنایت خان ) (July 5, 1882 – February 5, 1927) was an exemplar of Universal Sufism and founder of the "Sufi Order in the West" in 1914 (London). Later, in 1923, the Sufi Order of the London period was dissolved into a new organization formed under Swiss law and called the "International Sufi Movement". He initially came to the West as a representative of classical Indian music, having received the title Tansen from the Nizam of Hyderabad but soon turned to the introduction and transmission of Sufi thought and practice. His universal message of divine unity (Tawhid) focused on the themes of love, harmony and beauty. He taught that blind adherence to any book rendered any religion void of spirit.

Reviews

[Mia Coolpa · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is small, a collection of this modern Sufi master's look into the heart; the material it contains is expansive.