Abu Ismaïl Abdullah al-Herawi al-Ansari or Abdullah Ansari of Herat also known as Pir-i Herat "Sage of Herat", was a Persian Sufi saint of Arab origin who lived in the 11th century in Herat . One of the outstanding figures in Khorasan in the 5th/11th century: commentator of the Qur'an, traditionist, polemicist, and spiritual master, known for his oratory and poetic talents in Arabic and Persian. Wikipedia
Quoted in Tales of the Mystic East: An Anthology of Mystic and Moral Tales Taken from the Teachings of the Saints (Radha Soami Satsang Beas, 1997), p. 208
A Literary History of Persian, Vol. 2, p. 270
Poetry
