for Zekr Thirteenth Chapter: The Method of Zekr Fourteenth Chapter: The Transmission of Zekr Fifteenth Chapter: The Need for Seclusion Sixteenth Chapter: Visions Deriving from the Unseen Seventeenth Chapter: The Witnessing of Lights Eighteenth Chapter: Manifestation of the Divine Essence Twentieth Chapter: Attaining to the Divine Presence Fourth Part First Chapter: The Return of the Oppressive Soul Second Chapter: The Return of the Inspired Soul Third Chapter: The Return of the Foremost Soul Fourth Chapter: The Return of the Most Wretched Soul Fifth Part First Chapter: The Wayfaring of Kings Second Chapter: Kings and Their Conduct Third Chapter: The Wayfaring of Minister and Deputies Fourth Chapter: The Wayfaring of Different Classes of Scholar Fifth Chapter: The Wayfaring of the Holders of Wealth Sixth Chapter: The Wayfaring of Farmers Seventh Chapter: They Wayfaring of Merchants Eight Chapter: The Wayfaring of Tradesmen and Craftsmen Other works His most famous was Merṣād al-'ebād men al-mabdā' elā'l-ma'ād or The Path of God's Bondsmen: From Origin to Return. Marmūzāt-e Asadī dar mazmūrāt-e Dā'ūdī or The Symbolic Expressions of Asadī Concerning the Psalms of David. Also known as the "special edition" of the Merṣād because it includes much of the same material while diminishing the strictly Sufi portion and expanding the section on kingly power. Dāya's own Arabic version of the Merṣād, Manārāt al-sā'erin elām'llāh wa maqāmāt al-ṭā'erīn be 'llāh or Light Towers for Those Voyaging to God. and the Stations of Those Plying with God. Tafsīr al-Ta'wīlāt al-najmīya, '''Ayn al-ḥayāt, or Baḥr al-ḥaqā'eq. A brief allegory in Persian called Resālat al-ṭoyūr or Treatise of the Birds. Me'yār al-ṣedq fī meṣdāq al-'ešq or The Criterion of Veracity Concerning the Touchstone of Love. References Sources Najmeddin Razi, Merṣād al-ʻebād men al-mabdāʼ elāʼl-maʻād, Edited by Mohammad-Amin Riahi, (first published by Bongahe Tarjome va Nashre Ketab), Tehran, 1973 Daya, Naim-al-Din in Encyclopædia Iranica by Mohammad-Amin Riahi E.G. Browne. Literary History of Persia. 1998. Jan Rypka, History of Iranian Literature. Reidel Publishing Company. ASIN B-000-6BXVT-K Further reading 1177 births 1247 deaths People from Ray, Iran 13th-century Muslim scholars of Islam Islamic philosophers Iranian Sufis Iranian philosophers 13th-century Persian-language writers 13th-century Persian-language poets Persian spiritual writers Sufi poets Mystic poets 13th-century Iranian people Iranian Muslim mystics