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This
is a translation of selected poems from Darshan Singh's magnum
opus, Mataa -e Noor. It sings of the torments and ecstasies that
the lover of God experiences on the journey to divine
realization. Remarkable for masterfully fulfilling his worldly
responsibilities while immersing himself in his mystic quest,
Darshan Singh (1921 - 1989) was a renowned spiritual teacher
with tens of thousands of students around the globe. Twice the
winner of a prestigious Urdu academy award for poetry in India,
he has been acclaimed by critics to be among the finest
contemporary mystical poets in the Urdu language. |