Matla‘ al-Anvar

• Persian Title: مطلع الانوار
• Transliterated Title: Maṭlaʿ al-Anvār
• English Title: The Rising Place of Lights
• Author: Amīr Khusrau Dihlavī (651–725 A.H.)
• Editor: Maryam Zamānī (Allāh Dād)
• Language: Persian
• ISBN: 978-600-203-156-3
• Publication Year: 2018
• Pages: 346
• Format: PDF
• Category: Persian Language and Literature
• Miras Maktoob Collection Code: 322

【Summary】

Amīr Nāṣir al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan Khusrau ibn Amīr Sayf al-Dīn Dihlavī—known as Amīr Khusrau of India—stands among the most celebrated Persian-speaking poets and Sufi figures of the Indian subcontinent, active from the latter half of the seventh to the early eighth century A.H. Despite a vast legacy in verse and prose, his enduring fame in Iran rests primarily on the masnavīs he composed in emulation of Niẓāmī’s Khamsa.

Among these, Maṭlaʿ al-Anvār is widely regarded by Persian literary critics as the finest nazīra written in response to Makhzan al-Asrār. The poem is organized into twenty chapters, opening with the glorification of God, supplication, and praise of the Prophet. Each chapter adopts an ethical or religious theme and concludes with a brief illustrative tale, achieving a balanced synthesis of moral instruction, mystical reflection, and narrative elegance.