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Book Synopsis Ibn `Arabī's Mystical Poetics by : Denis E. McAuley
Download or read book Ibn `Arabī's Mystical Poetics written by Denis E. McAuley and published by Oxford University Press (UK). This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length monograph devoted to the Dīwān (collected poems) of Muhyī I-Dīn Ibn `Arabī (1165-1240), a hugely influential figure in the development of Sufism.
Book Synopsis Ibn `Arabī's Mystical Poetics by : Denis E. McAuley
Download or read book Ibn `Arabī's Mystical Poetics written by Denis E. McAuley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Muhyī l-Dīn Ibn `Arabī (1165-1240) was a hugely influential figure in the development of Sufism, yet although interest in his work continues to grow, his poetry has received very little attention. This book is the first full-length monograph devoted to his Dīwān (collected poems). It begins by attempting to define Ibn `Arabī's poetic style and his understanding of poetics, which is closely intertwined with his metaphysics: the rhythms of poetry echo those of creation, and meaning combines with form just as the spirit descends on matter. Drawing on a pre-Islamic theme, he insists that his poetry was revealed to him word for word by a spirit. At the same time, however, his attitude to the function of poetry and its relation to scripture is closer to mainstream medieval Islamic, Jewish and Christian theology than has usually been thought. Denis E. McAuley focuses on close readings of books in unusual verse forms, including poetic responses to chapters of the Qur'an; imitations of earlier poets; poems that use only one rhyme word; and a cycle of poems modelled on the letters of the alphabet. In so doing, he makes frequent comparisons with other Islamic and European poets from the sixth century to the dawn of the twentieth, many of them virtually unstudied. Ibn `Arabī emerges as a highly original poet whose work casts a fresh light on the period and on classical Arabic literature as a whole.
Book Synopsis The Translator of Desires by : Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabi
Download or read book The Translator of Desires written by Muhyiddin Ibn ʿArabi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterpiece of Arabic love poetry in a new and complete English translation The Translator of Desires, a collection of sixty-one love poems, is the lyric masterwork of Muhyiddin Ibn ‘Arabi (1165–1240 CE), one of the most influential writers of classical Arabic and Islamic civilization. In this authoritative volume, Michael Sells presents the first complete English translation of this work in more than a century, complete with an introduction, commentary, and a new facing-page critical text of the original Arabic. While grounded in an expert command of the Arabic, this verse translation renders the poems into a natural, contemporary English that captures the stunning beauty and power of Ibn ‘Arabi’s poems in such lines as “A veiled gazelle’s / an amazing sight, / her henna hinting, / eyelids signalling // A pasture between / breastbone and spine / Marvel, a garden / among the flames!” The introduction puts the poems in the context of the Arabic love poetry tradition, Ibn ‘Arabi’s life and times, his mystical thought, and his “romance” with Niẓām, the young woman whom he presents as the inspiration for the volume—a relationship that has long fascinated readers. Other features, following the main text, include detailed notes and commentaries on each poem, translations of Ibn ‘Arabi’s important prefaces to the poems, a discussion of the sources used for the Arabic text, and a glossary. Bringing The Translator of Desires to life for contemporary English readers as never before, this promises to be the definitive volume of these fascinating and compelling poems for years to come.
Book Synopsis A Critical Appreciation of Arabic Mystical Poetry by : S. H. Nadeem
Download or read book A Critical Appreciation of Arabic Mystical Poetry written by S. H. Nadeem and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Unity of Being - Ibn 'Arabi and His Follower/poets - Auhad Ud-Din, 'Iraqi, Shabistari, Maghribi, Jili, Shah Da'i and Jami by : Ibn 'Arabi
Download or read book The Unity of Being - Ibn 'Arabi and His Follower/poets - Auhad Ud-Din, 'Iraqi, Shabistari, Maghribi, Jili, Shah Da'i and Jami written by Ibn 'Arabi and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE UNITY OF BEING Ibn 'Arabi & his follower/poets: Auhad ud-din, 'Iraqi, Shabistari, Maghribi, Jili, Shah Da'i & Jami SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith In the West Ibn 'Arabi (1165-1240) is also known as the Doctor Maximus and in the Islamic world as the Reviver of Religion and the Great Master. Ibn 'Arabi is known as the prime exponent of the idea later known as the 'Unity of Being'. The poets in this anthology following him believed in and expanded this mystical philosophy. His emphasis was on the true potential of the human being and the path to realising that potential and becoming the Perfect or complete human being. Many of the great Sufi Master poets who came after him expanded and explained in their wonderful poetry in all forms on 'The Unity of Being'. CONTENTS: Sufis: Their Art and Use of Poetry 7, Forms of Poetry of these Poets 17, The Life & Times & Works of Ibn 'Arabi 33, The Life & Times & Poetry of Auhad ud-din 113, The Life & Times & Poetry of 'Iraqi 167, The Life & Times & Poetry of Shabistari 289, The Life & Times & Poetry of Maghribi 411, The Life & Times & Poetry of Jili 447, The Life & Times & Poetry of Shah Da'i 467, The Life & Times & Poetry of Jami 489. Selected Bibliographies. The correct rhyme-structures have been kept in the translations of these beautiful, powerful, spiritual poems. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 664 pages.Paul Smith (b. 1945) is an Australian poet and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu, Kashmiri and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Dard, Nazir, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, 'Iraqi, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa Published by New Humanity Books
Download or read book Ibn Al' Arabi written by Ibn al-ʻArabī and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great 13th century Muslim philosopher explores the mysteries of divine love and wisdom, using the symbolic examples of Biblical figures, prophets and holy men, from Adam to Muhammad.
Download or read book Ibn Arabi written by William C. Chittick and published by Oneworld Publications Limited. This book was released on 2007 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of Muhyi al-Din Ibn al-Arabi (1165-1240) for Islamic mysticism lies in the fact that he was a speculative thinker of the highest order, albeit diffuse and difficult to understand. His central doctrine is the unity of all existence. In this text, William Chittick explores how, through the work of Ibn Al-Arabi, Sufism moves away from anguished and ascetic searchings of the heart and conscience and becomes a matter of speculative philsophy and theosophy.
Book Synopsis Interpretations of Desire by : Keith Hill
Download or read book Interpretations of Desire written by Keith Hill and published by . This book was released on 2020-04 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1201, Shaykh Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi arrived in Mecca. Among the many people who impressed him one drew his attention above all others: Nizám, the daughter of a prominent religious teacher. As Beatrice did for Dante, Nizám soon inspired a sequence of love poems that are Ibn 'Arabi's poetic masterpiece, Tarjumán al-Aswáq (The Interpreter of Desire). Muhyiddin Ibn 'Arabi was known as Shaykh al-Akbar (the Greatest Shaykh), a title given him due to his profound knowledge as a mystic, theologian, philosopher and legalist. Scholars are devoting much labour to translating and interpreting Ibn 'Arabi's voluminous prose writings, but his poetry remains little known by Western readers compared with that of his fellow Sufis, Rumi, Attar and Hafiz. This collection reveals that with his intense feeling, vivid imagery, and the playful way he reworked the conventions of Bedouin desert poetry, Ibn 'Arabi wrote poems that deserve to be placed alongside the best of his illustrious Sufi compatriots. Keith Hill's engaging new English language versions will be welcomed not just by those attracted to Sufi literature, but by all who enjoy enchanting love poetry. THE LOVER'S LAMENT I wish I knew if they knew whose heart they had captured. I wish my heart could know what mountain pass they travelled. Is it through living or dying that they have endured? Perplexed, lovers lose the path; lost in love, they die enraptured. A LOVER'S PLEA When they departed, my patience and endurance departed, yet that absent traveller still lives inside my churning chest. I asked my guides where riders at noon make their rest. They answered: "Where desire and absence spread their scent." So I begged the East Wind: "Go and search through the estates, find where in the groves they shelter, shaded beneath their tents. "There give them greeting from one whose life is one long lament due to the age that, from his heart companions, he has been absent."
Book Synopsis The Tarjumán Al-ashwáq by : Ibn al-ʻArabī
Download or read book The Tarjumán Al-ashwáq written by Ibn al-ʻArabī and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Stations of Desire by : Ibn al-ʻArabī
Download or read book Stations of Desire written by Ibn al-ʻArabī and published by Ibis Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Translation. One of the great mystics of all time, Muhyiddin Ibn al-'Arabi was a prolific author who wrote on every aspect of medieval Islamic thought. Michael Sell's STATIONS OF DESIRE contains the first translations of Ibn 'Arabi's TURJUMAN into modern poetic English. Sells, one of the most distinguished contemporary translators of classical Arabic poetry, carries into his translations the supple, resonant quality of the original Arabic. The book also includes a selection of Sell's original poems, which are modeled on the Turjuman and serve as a further commentary on the medieval odes and their extension into the present climate of poetry.
Book Synopsis Islamic Mystical Poetry by : Mahmood Jamal
Download or read book Islamic Mystical Poetry written by Mahmood Jamal and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written from the ninth to the twentieth century, these poems represent the peak of Islamic Mystical writing, from Rabia Basri to Mian Mohammad Baksh. Reflecting both private devotional love and the attempt to attain union with God and become absorbed into the Divine, many poems in this edition are imbued with the symbols and metaphors that develop many of the central ideas of Sufism: the Lover, the Beloved, the Wine, and the Tavern; while others are more personal and echo the poet's battle to leave earthly love behind. These translations capture the passion of the original poetry and are accompanied by an introduction on Sufism and the common themes apparent in the works. This edition also includes suggested further reading.
Book Synopsis Poetry and Mysticism in Islam by : Amin Banani
Download or read book Poetry and Mysticism in Islam written by Amin Banani and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994-08-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi was one of the greatest poets and mystics of the Islamic world. He was born in Balkh (Korasan) in AD 1207 and died in Konya (Turkey) in AD 1273. This book is an examination of his spiritual and literary heritage. As Annemarie Schimmel, the recipient of the Eleventh Giorgio Della Vida Award in Islamic Studies, has written, 'no other mystic and poet from the Islamic world is as well known in the West as Rumi', and she, more than any Western scholar, is his most celebrated and eloquent interpreter. The scholars who Professor Schimmel has invited to share in her tribute have all added new dimensions to an understanding of Rumi and to his impact on the Islamic world.
Download or read book Wird of Ibn Arabi written by Ibn al-Arabi and published by . This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alone with the Alone by : Henry Corbin
Download or read book Alone with the Alone written by Henry Corbin and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ibn 'Arabi was one of the great mystics of all time. Through the richness of his personal experience and the constructive power of his intellect, he made a unique contribution to Shi'ite Sufism. In this book, which features a powerful new preface by Harold Bloom, Henry Corbin brings us to the very core of this movement with a penetrating analysis of Ibn 'Arabi's life and doctrines.
Book Synopsis Sufi Narratives of Intimacy by : Sa'diyya Shaikh
Download or read book Sufi Narratives of Intimacy written by Sa'diyya Shaikh and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2012-03-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteenth-century Sufi poet, mystic, and legal scholar Muhyi al-Din ibn al-'Arabi gave deep and sustained attention to gender as integral to questions of human existence and moral personhood. Reading his works through a critical feminist lens, Sa'diyya Shaikh opens fertile spaces in which new and creative encounters with gender justice in Islam can take place. Grounding her work in Islamic epistemology, Shaikh attends to the ways in which Sufi metaphysics and theology might allow for fundamental shifts in Islamic gender ethics and legal formulations, addressing wide-ranging contemporary challenges including questions of women's rights in marriage and divorce, the politics of veiling, and women's leadership of ritual prayer. Shaikh deftly deconstructs traditional binaries between the spiritual and the political, private conceptions of spiritual development and public notions of social justice, and the realms of inner refinement and those of communal virtue. Drawing on the treasured works of Sufism, Shaikh raises a number of critical questions about the nature of selfhood, subjectivity, spirituality, and society to contribute richly to the prospects of Islamic feminism as well as feminist ethics more broadly.
Download or read book Perfect Harmony written by Ibn al-ʻArabī and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These poems by the Sufi master evoke the experience of spiritual love--provoked by an encounter with a young Persian woman who becomes for the poet an emblem of the divine. Illustrations.
Book Synopsis ʻUmar Ibn Al-Fāriḍ by : ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī Ibn al-Fāriḍ
Download or read book ʻUmar Ibn Al-Fāriḍ written by ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī Ibn al-Fāriḍ and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Umar Ibn al-Farid is the most venerated mystical poet in Arabic. An accomplished Sufi as well as a respected poet, his poetry blends the two traditions - classical Arabic poetry and Islamic mysticism - in a body of work with a distinctly devotional and mystical character. Th. Emil Homerin makes available here two of Ibn al-Farid's poems that have long been considered classics of Islamic mystical literature. The Wine Ode, a poem in praise of wine as well as a love poem, can also be seen as an extended meditation on the presence of divine love in the universe. The Poem of the Sufi Way, one of the longest poems ever composed in Arabic, and the most famous one rhyming in "T," begins as a love poem and then explores a number of crucial concerns confronting the seeker on the Sufi path. Both works have been treated for centuries in numerous mystical commentaries. Noteworthy as well in this volume is the addition of the Adorned Proem, a reverential account of Ibn al-Farid's life by his grandson. Individuals interested in the fields of mysticism and spirituality, as well as lovers of poetry, particularly love poetry, will find this to be fascinating reading. It will have great relevance for scholars and students of Arabic literature, Islam and mysticism."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
