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Divan Of 'Attar

Author : 'Attar
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781535318686
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (186 download)

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Download or read book Divan Of 'Attar written by 'Attar and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAN OF 'ATTAR Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Farid al-din 'Attar is seen with Sana'i and Rumi (who he met and influenced) as one of the three most important Sufi Poet-Masters of the 13th century. He composed over forty books mainly in the epic masnavi form of rhyming couplets, his most famous being The Book of God and The Conference of the Birds. He also composed many powerful mystical poems in the ghazal form that influenced Sadi and Hafiz and all who came later and he was a master in the ruba'i form. Here for the first time is a fine selection of his poems in all three forms in the correct-rhyme structure with the beauty and meaning of his immortal poems. Introduction on his Life & Times and Poetry and an essay on Sufi Poetry. Appendix on 'The Conference of the Birds' & Selected Bibliography & Glossary. 246 pages. Large Format 7" x 10 ." COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Makhfi, Ghalib, Iqbal, Rahman Baba, Bedil, Baba Farid, 'Iraqi, Ibn al-Farid, Nesimi, Amir Khusrau and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

DIVAN of 'ATTAR and Ghazals by the Translator, Paul Smith Inspired by Those of 'Attar

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781798883037
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book DIVAN of 'ATTAR and Ghazals by the Translator, Paul Smith Inspired by Those of 'Attar written by Paul Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-02 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAN of 'ATTAR and ghazals by the Translator, Paul Smith Inspired by those of 'Attar... Farid al-din 'Attar is seen with Sana'i and Rumi (who he met and influenced) as one of the three most important Sufi Poet-Masters of the 13th century. He composed over forty books mainly in the epic masnavi form of rhyming couplets, his most famous being The Book of God and The Conference of the Birds. He also composed many powerful mystical poems in the ghazal form that influenced Sadi and Hafiz and all who came later and he was a master in the ruba'i form and couplets in his Pand-Nama or 'Book of Wisdom'. Here for the first time is a fine, large selection of his poems in the correct-rhyme structure with the beauty and meaning of many of his immortal poems. Included: Appendix 60 Ghazals by the Translator, Paul Smith, Inspired by those of 'Attar. Introduction: Life & Times of 'Attar and his Poetry and an essay on Sufi Poetry. Bibliography, Glossary. 402 pages. Large Format 7" x 10" paperback. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Makhfi, Ghalib, Iqbal, Rahman Baba, Bedil, Baba Farid, 'Iraqi, Iqbal and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

Divan of Farid Al-Din 'attar

Author : Farid Al Attar
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781791341718
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Divan of Farid Al-Din 'attar written by Farid Al Attar and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-13 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVAN OF FARID AL-DIN 'ATTAR Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Farid al-din 'Attar is seen with Sana'i and Rumi (who he met and influenced) as one of the three most important Sufi Poet-Masters of the 13th century. He composed over forty books mainly in the epic masnavi form of rhyming couplets, his most famous being The Book of God and The Conference of the Birds. He also composed many powerful mystical poems in the ghazal form that influenced Sadi and Hafiz and all who came later and he was a master in the ruba'i form and couplets in his Pand-Nama or 'Book of Wisdom'. Here for the first time is a fine selection of his poems in the correct-rhyme structure with the beauty and meaning of many of his immortal poems. Introduction: Life & Times of 'Attar and his Poetry and an essay on Sufi & Dervish Poetry. Selected Bibliography, Glossary. 341 pages. Large Format 7" x 10" paperback. COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'."It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart."Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets from the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages... including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Omar Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Mahsati, Lalla Ded, Makhfi, Ghalib, Iqbal, Rahman Baba, Bedil, Baba Farid, 'Iraqi, Ibn al-Farid, Nesimi, Iqbal, and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and 12 screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

Sweet Sorrows

Author : Sheikh Farideddin Attar Neyshaboori
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1935387537
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Sweet Sorrows written by Sheikh Farideddin Attar Neyshaboori and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For anyone interested in Sufism in particular, or mystical understanding in general, Attar’s works are indispensable. His influence on later giants, such as the mystic poet Jalaleddin Rumi, is well documented. Attar is mostly known in the West for his Biographies of the Saints, and for Conference of the Birds; but he has also produced a number of other masterpieces well-known among lay persons and Sufi practitioners in Iran, and in cultures influenced by the Persian language. Sweet Sorrows is the first compilation of Attar’s lesser-known works in English. The translator, Vraje Abramian, has selected 350 short verses that cover a wide range of Attar’s poetic moods—from somewhat satirical and humorous to tender and heartbreaking. Born in 1119, Attar lived in infamously chaotic times when petty warlords never relented, and famine and disease were the order of the day. He was killed in 1221 during the utter destruction of his hometown of Rey at the hands of invading Mongol hoards. The value of Attar’s influence as a beacon of light during these times cannot be overestimated. He always seems to be focused on his belief in basic human goodness. Attar insisted that the individual should concentrate on refining his or her sensitivities in order to escape ignorance and become worthy of being called a “human being.” Many generations since Attar have taken refuge in his writings to strengthen their faith to choose what cannot be seen, over all that can.

The Winds Of Grace

Author :
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1942493606
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book The Winds Of Grace written by and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from the finest and most authentic texts available in the original Persian/Farsi language, Vraje Abramian offers this extensive collection of stories, teachings and poetry from both major and unknown saints and mystics in the Sufi tradition. Winds of Grace is a fresh and extensive collection that will both instruct and encourage individuals on the path of love and transformation. Readers today need such roadmaps of sanity and wisdom, pointing the way through life’s obstacles and detours. Indeed, reading the works of saints and sages serves as a GPS for today’s wayfarer. The reader will find selections from today’s most well recognized and highly acknowledged Masters, like Rumi and Hafiz, as well as hidden saints such as Sheikh Biabanaki and Sheikh Ali Mesri. More uniquely, however, this book also introduces us to teachings and anecdotes of the obscure hermit, the “mad” but unknown dervish, the crazy, naked ascetic. Whether the mainstream punished, tolerated or ignored these crazy-wise people, those who knew something about the pain they spoke of venerated them as saints. Centuries ago, many of these voices offered a shock to his or her contemporaries, jarring them from the complacency that makes automatons of human beings. Other voices contained a paradoxical twist on the religious life or practice of the times, yet were soaked with an age-old wisdom that is still vital to spiritual practitioners today. The translator and editor Vraje Abramian advises readers that these secret sages often had to protect themselves from the powers-that-be in their society, and therefore cloaked their messages in words that only disciples and initiates or those with a vulnerable mind and open heart, could actually decipher. He further reminds us that the language adopted by Sufi teachers was designed to break the habits that normally deaden our sensitivities. Abramian has therefore selected pieces that remind us to wake up, to take stock, to continue carefully observing ourselves. And, by vigilant sequencing of topics, his book gently guides readers toward the essence-truths or core-teachings of these wise ones. The translator is uniquely qualified to make this offering to religious studies today. As an Iranian by birth, a lifelong practitioner of spiritual disciplines and an accomplished teacher of English, his renderings are characterized by academic authority, poetic word-craft, and spiritual wisdom.

Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565

Author : Kia Chad Kia
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474450407
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Art, Allegory and the Rise of Shi'ism in Iran, 1487-1565 written by Kia Chad Kia and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-03 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transforming our understanding of Persian art, this impressive interdisciplinary book decodes some of the world's most exquisite medieval paintings. It reveals the hidden meaning behind enigmatic figures and scenes that have puzzled modern scholars, focusing on five 'miniature' paintings. Chad Kia shows how the cryptic elements in these works of art from Timurid Persia conveyed the mystical teachings of Sufi poets like Rumi, Attar and Jami, and heralded one of the most significant events in the history of Islam: the takeover by the Safavids in 1501 and the conversion of Iran to Shiism.

Saffron

Author : Alireza Koocheki
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0128187409
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Saffron written by Alireza Koocheki and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saffron: Science, Technology and Health summarizes the scientific, technical and health aspects of this crop. Saffron possesses unique agronomical, ecological, social and physiological characteristics. And, there are various chemical components present in saffron, including carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, color pigment, aromatic and flavoring agents. Saffron has a long history of use in traditional medicine, and in recent years, the application of saffron in the medical industry as a cancer curing and antidepressant agent has brought more attention. There is also a growing trend of saffron use in the conventional food industry, including saffron desserts, cream, butter, beverages, powders, cake mixes and soups. Intended for nutrition scientists and scientists and technologists working in the areas of food, agriculture, new product development and pharmacology. Summarizes the scientific, technical and health aspects of saffron Explores the use of saffron in the conventional food industry in the development of new products Uncovers the unique agronomical, ecological, social and physiological characteristics of saffron

Sweet Lunacy

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Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1942493592
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Sweet Lunacy written by and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-05-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Divine Intoxication” is a common theme in Middle Eastern poetry. The “wine” on which the seeker becomes “drunk” is nothing less than the nectar of love. Such “inebriation,” however, often produces unconventional behavior, even hints of madness, marking the lover as one apparently lost to the ordinary world. In this mood, Kahlil Gibran wrote: “Only an idiot and a genius break man-made laws and they are the nearest to the heart of God.” And so, the poetry written by or about these “drunkards” is often saturated with perennial wisdom, with stark reflections of the truth (in vino veritas), and with a variety of prayerful longing that is found throughout all mystical traditions. Sweet Lunacy contains works by some of the most well-known mystical Sufi poets from the 11th through the 14th century, including Rumi, Attar, and Jami. But the reader will also meet lesser-known authors here whose messages, both unique and fresh, are equally inspiring. The poets in this collection are those who, for reasons which might not seem altogether reasonable to our everyday mind and logic, were willing and able to question this mystery called life and, unwilling to accept readymade answers. Vraje Abramian, born in Iran and a native speaker of Farsi, has worked to keep his translations as close to the meaning and cultural flavor of the originals as possible. He has researched “Wise Fools” in various cultures/religions in the Near, and Middle East, Central Asia and India. While anecdotes, folk-tales and stories about spiritual ecstatics are abundantly present in Sufi literature particularly, no other single work focuses essentially on such profound lunacy and intoxication as this one does. Following the Introduction, the book is divided into three parts: The Obstacle (Mind); The Battleground (Heart); and Deliverance (The Journey). Abramian has included poems and stories within each section that bring the reader’s attention to these key distinctions in the mystical process. While the subject matter is rare and refined, the author is clear that every human being nurses within his or her heart a nostalgia, remote and nameless, a longing for something they cannot express. This fine collection is valuable not only for the refinement of poetic content but also for the spiritual guidance of the great mystics whose voices are made available herein. Sweet Lunacy is a must-have for lovers, seekers of truth, and connoisseurs of beauty alike.

'Attar: Selected Poems

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Publisher : New Humanity Books
ISBN 13 : 0980858399
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book 'Attar: Selected Poems written by and published by New Humanity Books. This book was released on with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ruba'iyat Of 'Attar

Author : 'Attar
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781480122888
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Ruba'iyat Of 'Attar written by 'Attar and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RUBA'IYAT OF 'ATTARTranslation, Introduction & Notes by Paul SmithFarid ad-din 'Attar (d. 1221) is the Perfect Master Poet who was the author of over forty books of poetry and prose including The Conference of the Birds, The Book of God (which he is said to have presented to Rumi when he met him) and The Lives of the Saints. Apart from his many books in masnavi form he also composed many hundreds of mystical ghazals and ruba'is. He also changed the evolution of the ruba'i form by composing a long Sufi epic, the Mukhtar-nama, where each of 2088 ruba'is is connected by subject matter that Fitzgerald attempted to do with those he attributed to Omar Khayyam. Included in Introduction is the life of 'Attar and a history of the ruba'i and examples by its greatest exponents. Selected Bibliography. The rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these immortal four-line poems. 138 Pages.COMMENTS ON PAUL SMITH'S TRANSLATION OF HAFIZ'S 'DIVAN'.“It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished. If he comes to Iran I will kiss the fingertips that wrote such a masterpiece inspired by the Creator of all.” Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. “Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith.” Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart.“I was very impressed with the beauty of these books.” Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. “Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz.” Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author of poems inspired by Hafiz). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages… including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.

Tuḥfah Yi- ʻAbbāsī

Author : Muḥammad ʻAlī Sabzvārī
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761838012
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Tuḥfah Yi- ʻAbbāsī written by Muḥammad ʻAlī Sabzvārī and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2008 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is one of the oldest and most important sources written on the esoteric teachings of Islam from a Shi'ite perspective. It demonstrates the Qur'anic origins of Sufism and its close relationship with Shi'ism. The book is based mainly on the teachings of the Qur'an, Hadith narrations of Shi'ite Imams, and the teachings of earlier Sufi masters. In this lies the uniqueness, authenticity, and strength of the book. Tuhfah yi-' Abbasi is written in a typical prose style of the Safavid period and is replete with Arabic words and phrases. The difficulty and dryness of the style, however, is properly compensated by timely quotation of Prophetic traditions, narrations of the Shi'ite Imams, and Sufi poetry composed by 'Attar, Rumi, Hafiz, Mansur Hallaj, as well as the author. This work conveys a universal message for all human beings, particularly at a time when Sufism and Shi'ism are misrepresented by pseudo-Sufis and extremist Shi'ite, and misunderstood by many readers in the Muslim world and in the West.

Persian Literature as World Literature

Author : Mostafa Abedinifard
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1501354205
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Persian Literature as World Literature written by Mostafa Abedinifard and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronting nationalistic and nativist interpreting practices in Persianate literary scholarship, Persian Literature as World Literature makes a case for reading these literatures as world literature-as transnational, worldly texts that expand beyond local and national penchants. Working through an idea of world literature that is both cosmopolitan and critical of any monologic view on globalization, the contributors to this volume revisit the early and contemporary circulation of Persianate literatures across neighboring and distant cultures, and seek innovative ways of developing a transnational Persian literary studies, engaging in constructive dialogues with the global forces surrounding, and shaping, Persianate societies and cultures.

Jihad in Premodern Sufi Writings

Author : Harry S Neale
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137561556
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Jihad in Premodern Sufi Writings written by Harry S Neale and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the only comprehensive study in a European language that analyzes how Sufi treatises, Qur’anic commentary, letters, hagiography, and poetry define and depict jihad. Harry S. Neale analyzes Sufi jihad discourse in Arabic and Persian texts composed between the eleventh and seventeenth centuries, providing access to many writings that have hitherto been unavailable in English. Despite the diversity of practice within Sufism that existed throughout the premodern period, Sufi writings consistently promulgated a complementary understanding of jihad as both a spiritual and military endeavor. Neale discusses the disparity between contemporary academic Sufi jihad discourse in European languages, which generally presents Sufis as peaceful mystics, and contemporary academic writing in Arabic that depicts Sufis as exemplary warriors who combine spiritual discipline with martial zeal. The book concludes that historically, Sufi writings never espoused a purely spiritual interpretation of the doctrine of jihad.

The Spiritual Journey in History

Author : Omar Faruq
Publisher : Bookademy
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Spiritual Journey in History written by Omar Faruq and published by Bookademy. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a captivating exploration of humanity's spiritual odyssey through "The Spiritual Journey in History - Religions, Sects and Spiritual Movements". Delve into the rich tapestry of religious traditions, sects, and spiritual movements that have shaped the course of human history. From ancient mystical practices to modern-day interfaith dialogues, this book navigates the diverse landscapes of spirituality, offering intriguing insights into the evolution of religious thought and the quest for meaning. Discover the profound influence of figures like Carl Jung, the transcendentalists, and existentialist philosophers on our understanding of the spiritual journey. Engaging and enlightening, this comprehensive volume invites readers to discover the timeless wisdom and enduring relevance of spiritual exploration throughout the ages.

Hafiz and His Contemporaries

Author : Dominic Parviz Brookshaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786725886
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Hafiz and His Contemporaries written by Dominic Parviz Brookshaw and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite his towering presence in premodern Persian letters, Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz of Shiraz (d. 1390) remains an elusive and opaque character for many. In order to look behind the hyperbole that surrounds Hafiz's poetry and penetrate the quasi-hagiographical film that obscures the poet himself, this book attempts a contextualisation of Hafiz that is at once socio-political, historical, and literary. Here, Hafiz's ghazals (short, monorhyme, broadly amorous lyric poems) are read comparatively against similar texts composed by his less-studied rivals in the hyper competitive, imitative, and profoundly intertextual environment of fourteenth-century Shiraz. By bringing Hafiz's lyric poetry into productive, detailed dialogue with that of the counterhegemonic satirist, 'Ubayd Zakani (d. 1371), and the marginalised Jahan-Malik Khatun (d. after 1391; the most prolific female poet of premodern Iran), our received understanding of this most iconic of stages in the development of the Persian ghazal is disrupted, and new avenues for literary exploration open up. Looking beyond the particular milieu of Shiraz, this study re-assesses Hafiz's place in the Persian poetic canon through reading his poems alongside those produced by professional poets in other major centres of Persian literary activity who enjoyed comparable fame in the fourteenth century. Recognising the aesthetic achievements of his contemporaries does not diminish the splendour of Hafiz's, rather it forces us to accept that Hafiz was but one member of a band of poets who jostled for the limelight in competing, often intersecting, patronage and reception networks that facilitated intense cultural exchange between the cities of post-Mongol Iran and Iraq. Hafiz's ghazals, characterised as they are by conscious and deliberate hybridity, ambiguity, and polysemy, are products of a creative mind bent on experimenting with genre. While in no way seeking to deny the mystical stratum of the Persian ghazal in its fourteenth-century manifestation, this study emphasises the courtly and profane dimensions of the form, and regards Hafiz through a sober lens with keen attention to his dynamic role at the heart of a vibrant poetic community that was at once both fiercely local and boldly cosmopolitan.

Routledge Revivals: Classical Persian Literature (1958)

Author : A. J. Arberry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315452723
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Routledge Revivals: Classical Persian Literature (1958) written by A. J. Arberry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1958, this work by one of Britain’s most celebrated Orientalist scholars, tells the story of the rebirth of national literature in Persia after the fall of the Sᾱsᾱnian empire in the seventh century. It traces the course of this literature’s development and full maturity from the ninth century to the end of the fifteenth century and looks at a number of important writers including the Saljῡq poets, Rῡmῑ, ῌᾱfiz and Jᾱmῑ. This work will be of interest to those studying Persian and Middle-Eastern literature and history.

Bebakhshid

Author : Dr. Shadab Ahmed
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 467 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Bebakhshid written by Dr. Shadab Ahmed and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-09-03 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Love, Prayers, Devotion, Joy and Enigma to the Laments, Qalandariyat, Sin, Exile and Debauchery of the Persian Qalandars and Mystics. Selected translated English verses, quatrains, rubai, ghazals, masnawis and qasidehs of Saadi Shirazi, San’ai, Rudaki, Farrukhi Sistani, Mahsati, Baba Taher, Omar Khayyam, Amir Khusrau, Hafez, Jalal ud-din Md Rumi, Attar of Nishapur, Abolqasem Ferdowsi, Nezami Ganjavi, Abd’l Rahman Jami, Nasir Khusraw, Saib of Tabriz and several Persian masters and Qalandars - spanning eras, courts, dilapidated wine houses, prisons and millennials compiled into a single Richly-Illustrated Book, from a variety of sources. Translations from Sir Richard Francis Burton, Edward Fitzgerald, Coleman Barks, John Moyne, E.H. Whinfield, Dick Davis, Paul E. Losensky, Lt. Col. H. Wilberforce Clarke, Edward Heron-Allen, Alfaham Darabandi, Charles Schefler and several other scholars of the Persian Literature. Re-Live your Persian Dreams!