Sharh Diwan Ibn al-Farid wa Bihamishihi Kashf al-Wujuh al-Ghurr Lima’ani Nazm al-Durr by Abdul Razzak al-Kashani. TWO VOLUMES IN ONE. شرح ديوان ابن الفارض وبهامشه كشف الوجوه الغر لمعاني نظم الدر

Omar ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Fārid (1181-1235) was an Arab poet, esteemed the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. His poetry is entirely Sufic. Some of his poems are said to have been written during ecstasies. Unlike many other respected poets of the day such as Ibn Sana al-Mulk, Ibn Unayn, Baha al-Din
Zuhayr and Ibn Matruh, Ibn al-Fārid refused the patronage of wealthy governmental figures, which would have required him to produce poetry for propaganda, preferring the relatively humble life of a teacher that allowed him to compose his poetry of unhampered enlightenment. One time al-Malik al-Kamil, who was the Ayubbid Sultan at the time, liked some of his odes so much that he sent the poet an exorbitant amount of money and offered to build a shrine for him. Ibn al- Fārid denied both the money and the offer of the shrine, choosing to trust in God to supply for his needs. His position as a teacher at the Azhar mosque allowed him to provide for his family of three children.