Divan of ‘Afīf al-Dīn al-Tilmisāniy (d. 690 H.) is considered the most expressive work of the author’s character and the horizons of his Sufi concepts. Through his remarkable poetic diction al-Tilmisāniy conveys what he perceives from the truths of love and other features of the Sufi path.  al-Tilmisāniy in his divan drives repeatedly on the idea of the Unity of Being in its Sufi meaning (i.e., the Unity of Being annihilates all multiplicity, all separate beings, Allāh is the only existing truth). His love poems come within the Sufi mystic insights with typical Sufi symbolism as in the recurrent appearance of the characters of the famous Arabian beloveds Laylā, Lubnā, Salmā inter alios; a theophany of the beauty of the Divine Spirit. The second part of the divan was to be published years ago, however due to a disagreement with the publisher it was rendered an awaiting project.

Number of pages: 261.

Part I: Akhbar Establishment, Cairo, 1991.
Second edition: Dar al-Shurouq, Cairo, 2009.