LIFE & TIMES & TEACHINGS & RUBA'IYAT OF ABU SA'ID ABUL-KHAYR Translation by Paul Smith Introduction by Paul Smith & R.A. Nicholson Abu Sa'id Abul-Khayr (968-1049) was a Perfect Spiritual Master and a poet who lived in Nishapur and elsewhere and composed mainly ruba'is, over 800 of them (400 are here translated). He was one of the founders of Sufi poetry and a major influence on the ruba'i and most poets that followed, especially...