Hamzah Fansuri

Hamzah Fansuri (16th century) was a famous Sumatran Sufi poet, the first to pen mystical pantheistic ideas into the Malay language. Fansuri's pantheism derived from the writings of the medieval Islamic scholars. He perceived God as immanent within all things, including the individual, and sought to unite one's self with the indwelling spirit of God.

See also

* Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas

Further reading

* Muhammad Naguib Al-Attas (1970). The mysticism of Hamzah Fansuri. University of Malaya Press.
* Drewes, G.W.J. & Brakel, L.F (1986). The poems of Hamzah Fansuri. Foris Publications. Dordrecht. ISBN 9067650803

External links

* Indonesian theologian Hamzah Fansuri