Islamic studies
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Islamic studies (V622): The theory and practice of Islam.
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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... |
Islamic mysticism, Sufi poetry | view | |
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... |
Islamic mysticism, Sufi poetry | view | |
A list of poets studied |
A summary of all the poets studied during Mystical Islamic Poetry 1-7. |
stical Poet | view | |
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 | |
A selection of poems by Sultan Bahu |
A set of nine 'abyāt' (four line poems). |
stical Poet | view | |
An Introduction to Amir Khusrau |
An introduction to the life and work of Amir Khusrau (1253-1325), who lived and worked under the Delhi Sultanate in Northern India. |
Kusrau, Mystical Islamic Poetry | view | |
An Introduction to ʿAbd al-Ghanī al-Nabulusi (d. 1731) |
An overview of the life and times of the famous Ottoman poet of Damascus. |
ystical | 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 |