Islamic mysticism
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'Attar booklist |
A short bibliography of translations of 'Attar's work in English. |
Sufi poetry, Islamic mysticism, Attar | view | |
'Iraqi: Sufi views of Love |
A selection of important discussion about love, focusing on the Konya school that studied and carried on Ibn 'Arabi's teachings: extracts from... |
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A Ghazal by ʿAttar |
This love-poem (ghazal) by ʿAttar combines several metaphors for the burning power of annihilation (fana') that are common in his work: the moth... |
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A monorhyme poem from the Diwan of Ibn 'Arabi |
This poem, in Arabic and English, is an example of a particular kind of poem, known as the monorhyme, where the final word of each line is the... |
Islamic mysticism, Sufi poetry, Ibn 'Arabi | view | |
A poem on Love by Ibn 'Arabi |
A poem with commentary by In 'Arabi from his Diwan, translated by Stephen Hirtenstein. |
Islamic mysticism, Sufi poetry, Ibn 'Arabi | view | |
Attar poetry texts |
These are selected extracts from 'Attar's most famous epic poem, The Conference of the Birds (Mantiq al-tayr): it consists of parts of the... |
Sufi poetry, Islamic mysticism, Attar | view | |
Awhad al-Din Kirmani |
A talk by Jane Clark, inroducing the poet Kirmani's life and times and the form of the queatrain for which he was famous. |
Kirmani, Sufi poetry, Islamic mysticism | view | |
Book List 2 |
An updated book list including recommended general reading as well as specific lists for Ibn al-Fāriḍ and Jelāl al-dīn Rūmī. |
Islamic Poetry, Islamic mysticism | view | |
Fakhr al-din 'Iraqi: introduction |
A brief introduction to 'Iraqi's life and times, with extracts from some of his poems. One of the greatest love-poets in the Persian language (a... |
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Fakhr al-din 'Iraqi: poems |
A selection of some of 'Iraqi's poems in translation |
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