A Beginner’s Take on Sufi Poetry: Does The Sufi Love Transcend Religious Borders to Encapsulate Humanity?

Love is a dominant feature in Sufi literature. Sufi poetry portrays the diverse faces and nature of love. The major Sufi poets such as Rumi, Hafiz, Shams and Attar have talked about love in their writings. This love is considered one of the most beautiful symbolisms for the love between man and God. The Sufi literature is considered a vibrant part of Islamic literature and civilization, and hence the God found in Sufi works is considered the God as found in Islam. Yet the increasing interest of the non-Islamic world in Sufi works can show that this Islamic literature goes beyond perusing the relations between man and God and encompass the whole humanity, crossing the borders of religion to become truly universal.