‘Veiling’ in Sufi parlance indicates the action of the subjective or ‘commanding’ self, which partly through indoctrination and partly through base aspirations prevents higher vision. Sufi poetry, literature, tales and activities are the instruments which, when employed with insight and prescription rather than automatically or obsessively, help in the relationship between Sufi and pupil, towards the removal of the veils.
A Veiled Gazelle considers the symbolic and instrumental employment of its literature in Sufi studies. Seldom didactic, and never meant only as entertainment, such works are regarded as some of the world’s greatest and most important writing.