Mas'ūd b. ʿAbd Allah al-Bayḍawi (
Persian: مسعود ب. عبدالله بیضایی) more commonly known as Baba Rukn al-Din Shirazi or Baba Rokneddin Shirazi was a 14th-century
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
mystic
[Jābirī Anṣārī, Tārīkh-i Iṣfahān wa Ray] and follower of
Ibn Arabi.
His name means Father Rukn al-Din, the latter which transliterates as "Pillar of the Faith."
Biography
From childhood, Masud ibn Abdullah had an interest in
Sufism
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, r ...
.
[Masud ibn Abdullah al-Baydawi, Nusus al-khusus fi tarjimat al-fusus, ISBN unknown ] He eventually studied and learned spirituality and started his mystical journey at a young age.
He studied the basics of Sufism under Abdul Razzaq al-Kashani.
He then studied the Fusus al-Hikam of Ibn Arabi under Dawud al-Qaysari, with help from Nu'man al-Khwarizmi.
In adulthood, he wrote many works on Sufism and scholarly knowledge, such as a commentary and exegesis of the Fusus al-Hikam.
Works
Some of his most famous works:{{cn, date=December 2023
*''Nusus al-khusus fi tarjimat al-fusus'':
A commentary and exegesis on Ibn Arabi's Fusus al-Hikam. It was reprinted in 1980 by Tehrani publishers.
*''Kashf al-durr fi nazm al-durr'': A commentary on the al-Ta'iya al-kubra work from Ibn Farid. This work exists in manuscript format, and is preserved in national libraries in Iran.
See also
*
Ibn Arabi
*
List of Sufi saints
References
Iranian Sufis
Iranian Muslim mystics