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Islamic studies (V622): The theory and practice of Islam.

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Document 'Attar booklist

A short bibliography of translations of 'Attar's work in English.

Sufi poetry, Islamic mysticism, Attar view
Document '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
Document 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
Document A list of poets studied

A summary of all the poets studied during Mystical Islamic Poetry 1-7.

stical Poet view
Document 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
Document 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
Document A selection of poems by Sultan Bahu

A set of nine 'abyāt' (four line poems).

stical Poet view
Document 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
Document 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
Document 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
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