Islamic Mystical Poetry

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The Heart of the Faithful	An article by Seyyed Hossein Nasr giving an overview of 'the heart' within Islamic thought. From "Paths to the Heart", Sufism and the Christian...	heart, Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Ibn 'Arabi on Reflection in Mirrors	Extract from 'Fusus al-hikam',Chapter of Seth	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Week 3: Selected Poems of Amir Khusrau	A selection of seven poems taken from Paul Lozensky and Sunil Sharma, In the Bazaar of Love, Penguin, London, 2013.	Amir Khusraw, Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Week 2 Texts	The Meeting with the Simurgh: extract from 'Attar's 'Conference of the Birds'	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
List of Texts	A list of the texts and translations that we will read on the course.	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Week 2: Texts	'The Meeting with the Simurgh' from Conference of the Birds', in the translation by Dick Davies and Afkahm Darbandi (Penguin,1984)	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Hafiz poems 1	This selection of two poems by Hafiz contrasts the different translation styles that have been used by recent translators to render his poems into...	Hafez, Hafiz, Islamic Mystical Poetry, Sufism, Sufi poetry	view
The Chinese and Greek Painters	Two alternative versions of the story from Muhammad al-Ghazali and Ibn 'Arabi	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Week 1: Shabistarī's 'Gulshan-i-rāz	Excerpts from Inquiry 2, on Reflection (tafakkur).	Shabistari, Reflection, Islamic mysticism, Islamic Mystical Poetry	view
Week 1:Texts	Some quotations on the theme of reflection within Islamic thought, and the text read in class; The Chinese and Greek Painters, from Rumi's '...	Islamic Mystical Poetry	view

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