 Rauf's chief literary work was the complete rendering into English of Ibn 'Arabi's "Fusûs al-Hikam (The Bezels of Wisdom)", incorporating the four volume Ottoman commentary attributed to Ismail Hakki Bursevi.Bulent Rauf was instrumental in founding the Beshara School for Esoteric Education in Scotland in 1975, which has been attended by hundreds of students from all over the world.He lived at Chisholme and Turkey from 1975 until his death and was a consultant to the school throughout that period.