Kedatangan saudagar-saudagar dari Arab dan India (Muslim) telah menyebabkan agama Islam berkembang di Melaka. Melaka seterusnya menjadi pusat penyebaran agama Islam di rantau Alam Melayu. Kitab-kitab seperti Durr al-Manzum dan Umm al-Barahim merupakan antara kitab tasawuf yang diajar di Melaka.

Islam has grown in Malacca thanks to the advent of Arab and India (Muslim) merchants. Melaka went on to become the focal point for the propagation of Islam in the Malay peninsula. Sufi texts taught in Malacca include Durr al-Manzum and Umm al-Barahim.