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ANSARI OF HERAT Selected Poems & Sayings

Author : Ansari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781077130425
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book ANSARI OF HERAT Selected Poems & Sayings written by Ansari and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ANSARI OF HERAT Selected Poems & Sayings (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith One of the greatest of the early mystical (Sufi) poets and Perfect Masters of all time, Abdullah Ansari... who passed from this world 1089 in Herat, now in Afghanistan, was most famous for his biographical dictionary on saints and Sufi masters and his much loved collection of inspiring prayers, the Munajat (much here translated) among many works in Persian and in Arabic. His ruba'is appear throughout his works and he composed three Divans in which his ghazals are in the majority. Here is a fine selection of them and a qasida. The correct rhyme-structures have been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, powerful, mystical poems. This is the largest translation of his poems into English. Introduction: The Life and Works of Ansari, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry; The Form, Function & History of the Ruba'i; Ghazal and Qasida, Selected Bibliography. Large Print (18pt) & Large Format (8" x 10") Edition... 356 pages Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, and other languages including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, 'Attar, Sana'i, Jahan Khatun, Obeyd Zakani, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Bedil, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah, Iqbal, Ghalib, Jigar, Seemab, Baba Farid, Abu Nuwas, Ibn 'Arabi and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.

The Invocation of Sheikh 'Abdullah Ansari of Herat

Author : SARDAR SIR JOGENDRA. SINGH
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789354472121
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Invocation of Sheikh 'Abdullah Ansari of Herat written by SARDAR SIR JOGENDRA. SINGH and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Khwaja Abdullah Ansari Pir-i-Herat, or Sage of Herat who lived in the eleventh century, is revered as one of the world s great and earliest Sufis. He turned to tasawwuf (Islamic mysticism) at a very young age, and came to be regarded as an extraordinary teacher, mystic, and an authority on Islam. Thousands were drawn to him and became his followers, and to this day his poetry and prose collected in Persian and Arabic texts that are widely regarded as masterpieces inspire and instruct scholars, seekers and the pious faithful alike. Abdullah Ansari s tomb in Herat, in modern-day Afghanistan a country ravaged in recent decades by discord and violence remains a place of pilgrimage and peace for millions. In that beautiful sanctuary and elsewhere including Panipat in India, where his descendants settled in the thirteenth century his legacy and teachings continue to give solace to humanity, guiding us towards humility and compassion. This compilation of Abdullah Ansari s invocations, prayers and counsels, selected from translations by two celebrated scholars, is a book of wisdom for all times. It is of particular relevance today, over a millennium after these words were spoken and recorded.As Syeda Hameed writes in her introduction, for our highly troubled and deeply hurt world, this is the healing hand of a wise Sufi Pir.

Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006-1089 Ce)

Author : A. G. Ravan Farhadi
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113678084X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book Abdullah Ansari of Herat (1006-1089 Ce) written by A. G. Ravan Farhadi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consisting of a bibliographical account of this early Sufi master's childhood, youth, and years as a teacher and spiritual leader, as well as of translations of a selection from his books and treatises, this work traces the life and teachings of Abdullah Ansari - from poverty and destitution as a boy, by way of furious arguments with scholars advocating a more rationalistic approach to their faith, to his final pronouncements on the path of Love and Union.

Invocations and Prayers of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari of Herat

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Publisher : Speaking Tiger Books
ISBN 13 : 9789354472282
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (722 download)

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Download or read book Invocations and Prayers of Khwaja Abdullah Ansari of Herat written by and published by Speaking Tiger Books. This book was released on 2022-04-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description Khwaja Abdullah Ansari-Pir-i-Herat, or 'Sage of Herat'-who lived in the eleventh century, is revered as one of the world's great and earliest Sufis. He turned to tasawwuf (Islamic mysticism) at a very young age, and came to be regarded as an extraordinary teacher, mystic, and an authority on Islam. Thousands were drawn to him and became his followers, and to this day his poetry and prose-collected in Persian and Arabic texts that are widely regarded as masterpieces-inspire and instruct scholars, seekers and the pious faithful alike. Abdullah Ansari's tomb in Herat, in modern-day Afghanistan-a country ravaged in recent decades by discord and violence-remains a place of pilgrimage and peace for millions. In that beautiful sanctuary and elsewhere-including Panipat in India, where his descendants settled in the thirteenth century-his legacy and teachings continue to give solace to humanity, guiding us towards humility and compassion. This compilation of Abdullah Ansari's invocations, prayers and counsels, selected from translations by two celebrated scholars, is a book of wisdom for all times. It is of particular relevance today, over a millennium after these words were spoken and recorded. As Syeda Hameed writes in her introduction, for our highly troubled and deeply hurt world, this is the healing hand of a wise Sufi Pir.

Ansari

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781479297344
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Ansari written by Paul Smith and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***ANSARI*** SELECTED POEMSTranslation & Introduction Paul SmithOne of the greatest mystical poets and Perfect Masters of all time, Abdullah Ansari… who passed from this world 1089 in Heart 9f Afghanistan was most famous for his biographical dictionary on saints and Sufi masters and his much loved collection of inspiring prayers, the Munajat among many works in Persian and Arabic. His ruba'is appear throughout his works and he composed three Divans in which his ghazals are in the majority. Here is a fine selection of them and a qasida. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, powerful, mystical poems. This is the largest translation of his poems into English. Introduction: The Life and Works of Ansari, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry; The Form, Function & History of the Ruba'i; Ghazal and the Qasida, Selected Bibliography… 156 pagesCOMMENTS 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 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). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, 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, Bedil, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.www.newhumanitybooksbookheaven.com

POEMS OF ABDULLAH ANSARI Sufi Pocketbook Series

Author : Paul Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book POEMS OF ABDULLAH ANSARI Sufi Pocketbook Series written by Paul Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-18 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: POEMS OF ABDULLAH ANSARI Sufi Pocketbook Series Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. One of the greatest mystical poets and Perfect Masters of all time, Abdullah Ansari... who passed from this world 1089 in Herat now in Afghanistan was most famous for his biographical dictionary on saints and Sufi masters and his much loved collection of inspiring prayers, the Munajat among many works in Persian and Arabic. His ruba'is appear throughout his works and he composed three Divans in which his ghazals are in the majority. Here is a fine selection of them and his prayers and sayings & advice. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, powerful, mystical poems. Introduction: The Life, Times and Works of Ansari, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry; The Form, Function & History of the Ruba'i and Ghazal, Selected Bibliography. Pocketbook Paperback Paperback 5" x 8" 264 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." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator 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). Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, 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, Bedil, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah, Lalla Ded, Iqbal, Ghalib, Rahman Baba, Nazir Akbarabadi, and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa

The Book of Ansari

Author : Ansari
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781507542224
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Ansari written by Ansari and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOOK OF ANSARI Translation & Introduction Paul Smith One of the greatest mystical poets and Perfect Masters of all time, Abdullah Ansari... who passed from this world 1089 in Herat now in Afghanistan was most famous for his biographical dictionary on saints and Sufi masters and his much loved collection of inspiring prayers, the Munajat among many works in Persian and Arabic. His ruba'is appear throughout his works and he composed three Divans in which his ghazals are in the majority. Here is a fine selection of them and a qasida. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, powerful, mystical poems. This is the largest translation of his poems into English. Introduction: The Life and Works of Ansari, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry; The Form, Function & History of the Ruba'i; Ghazal and the Qasida, Selected Bibliography... Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" 236 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 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). Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, 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, Bedil, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah, Iqbal, Ghalib and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. www.newhumanitybooks.com

The Book of Wisdom

Author : Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn ʻAṭāʼ Allāh
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809121823
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Wisdom written by Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn ʻAṭāʼ Allāh and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1978 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rumi and Islam

Author : Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana)
Publisher : SkyLight Paths Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1594730024
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (947 download)

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Download or read book Rumi and Islam written by Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana) and published by SkyLight Paths Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a new way of thinking about Rumi's poetry, focusing on Rumi's place within the Sufi tradition of Islam and providing readers with an image of the mystical side of the religion-one that has love of God at its core and sublime wisdom teachings as its pathways.

Shahnameh

Author : Abolqasem Ferdowsi
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101993235
Total Pages : 1041 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Shahnameh written by Abolqasem Ferdowsi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-03-08 with total page 1041 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive translation by Dick Davis of the great national epic of Iran—now newly revised and expanded to be the most complete English-language edition A Penguin Classic Dick Davis—“our pre-eminent translator from the Persian” (The Washington Post)—has revised and expanded his acclaimed translation of Ferdowsi’s masterpiece, adding more than 100 pages of newly translated text. Davis’s elegant combination of prose and verse allows the poetry of the Shahnameh to sing its own tales directly, interspersed sparingly with clearly marked explanations to ease along modern readers. Originally composed for the Samanid princes of Khorasan in the tenth century, the Shahnameh is among the greatest works of world literature. This prodigious narrative tells the story of pre-Islamic Persia, from the mythical creation of the world and the dawn of Persian civilization through the seventh-century Arab conquest. The stories of the Shahnameh are deeply embedded in Persian culture and beyond, as attested by their appearance in such works as The Kite Runner and the love poems of Rumi and Hafez. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Encyclopaedia of Sufism: Sufism in India

Author : Masood Ali Khan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopaedia of Sufism: Sufism in India written by Masood Ali Khan and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mystical Islam

Author : Julian Baldick
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814711391
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book Mystical Islam written by Julian Baldick and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Covers the origins of Sufism and early influences, particularly from Christianity; the rise of the great Sufi organizations; the thought of Sufism's main theorist and systemizer, Ibn Arabi; Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes; relations with Shi'ism in Iran; Sufism in the heyday of the great empires in Iran, India, and Turkey; and relations with Turkey and Egypt during the nineteenth century as well as Sufi practices in the twentieth century."--Page 4 of cover.

Persian Words of Wisdom

Author : Bahman Solati
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1627340548
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book Persian Words of Wisdom written by Bahman Solati and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the secret of happiness? What is the nature of love? What makes us good hosts or good guests? What traits should we seek out in friends and seek to embody as friends ourselves? How should we approach the sensual beauties of this world- when do they induce us to error and when are they signs of God? The poets and bards of many traditions have long sought answers to such questions, but perhaps no culture has taken up this challenge with more passionate urgency than that of Persia, from the ninth century AD to modern-day Iran. These eleven centuries of poetic tradition include poets who have become well-known in the West, such as 'Umar Khayyam, Rumi, and Hafiz, as well as many others whom Westerners have yet to discover. In Iran these poems remain part of everyday popular culture, with people of all classes and levels of education able to recite them from memory, even if they may not always be sure who the poets were, where they came from, or what precisely was the spiritual intent behind the verse. In Persian Words of Wisdom, the US-based Iranian scholar Bahman Solati has compiled hundreds of examples reflecting his country's religious and spiritual traditions, especially the Shia branch of Islam and Islamic Sufism, but also the Zoroastrian faith. This bilingual edition with his own English translations further illuminates the sometimes enigmatic poems with parallel Western proverbs, as well as comparison quotations from Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist scripture and secular sources ranging from Mark Twain to Dale Carnegie. One of Solati's goals in this anthology is to build a cultural bridge through poetry between the West and Iran, making these treasures of Persian culture more available both to Westerners generally and, most specifically, to young people of Iranian descent who have grown up in the English-speaking world, perhaps without fully understanding the wealth of their heritage. For them and all readers, this will be a book of discovery.

The Longing in Between

Author : Ivan Granger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985467937
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book The Longing in Between written by Ivan Granger and published by . This book was released on 2014-11 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful collection of soul-inspiring poems from the world's great religious and spiritual traditions, accompanied by Ivan M. Granger's meditative thoughts and commentary. Rumi, Whitman, Issa, Teresa of Avila, Dickinson, Blake, Lalla, and many others. These are poems of seeking and awakening... and the longing in between. ------------ Praise for The Longing in Between "The Longing in Between is a work of sheer beauty. Many of the selected poems are not widely known, and Ivan M. Granger has done a great service, not only by bringing them to public attention, but by opening their deeper meaning with his own rare poetic and mystic sensibility." ROGER HOUSDEN author of the best-selling Ten Poems to Change Your Life series "Ivan M. Granger's new anthology, The Longing in Between, gives us a unique collection of profoundly moving poetry. It presents some of the choicest fruit from the flowering of mystics across time, across traditions and from around the world. After each of the poems in this anthology Ivan M. Granger shares his reflections and contemplations, inviting the reader to new and deeper views of the Divine Presence. This is a grace-filled collection which the reader will gladly return to over and over again." LAWRENCE EDWARDS, Ph.D. author of Awakening Kundalini: The Path to Radical Freedom and Kali's Bazaar

ARIC Bibliography

Author : ACBAR Resource and Information Centre
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book ARIC Bibliography written by ACBAR Resource and Information Centre and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Jāmī in Regional Contexts

Author : Thibaut d'Hubert
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004386602
Total Pages : 865 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Jāmī in Regional Contexts written by Thibaut d'Hubert and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jāmī in Regional Contexts: The Reception of ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān Jāmī’s Works in the Islamicate World is the first attempt to present in a comprehensive manner how ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Jāmī (d. 898/1492), a most influential figure in the Persian-speaking world, reshaped the canons of Islamic mysticism, literature and poetry and how, in turn, this new canon prompted the formation of regional traditions. As a result, a renewed geography of intellectual practices emerges as well as questions surrounding authorship and authority in the making of vernacular cultures. Specialists of Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Georgian, Malay, Pashto, Sanskrit, Urdu, Turkish, and Bengali thus provide a unique connected account of the conception and reception of Jāmī’s works throughout the Eurasian continent and maritime Southeast Asia.

A Two-Colored Brocade

Author : Annemarie Schimmel
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469616378
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book A Two-Colored Brocade written by Annemarie Schimmel and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annemarie Schimmel, one of the world's foremost authorities on Persian literature, provides a comprehensive introduction to the complicated and highly sophisticated system of rhetoric and imagery used by the poets of Iran, Ottoman Turkey, and Muslim India. She shows that these images have been used and refined over the centuries and reflect the changing conditions in the Muslim world. According to Schimmel, Persian poetry does not aim to be spontaneous in spirit or highly personal in form. Instead it is rooted in conventions and rules of prosody, rhymes, and verbal instrumentation. Ideally, every verse should be like a precious stone--perfectly formed and multifaceted--and convey the dynamic relationship between everyday reality and the transcendental. Persian poetry, Schimmel explains, is more similar to medieval European verse than Western poetry as it has been written since the Romantic period. The characteristic verse form is the ghazal--a set of rhyming couplets--which serves as a vehicle for shrouding in conventional tropes the poet's real intentions. Because Persian poetry is neither narrative nor dramatic in its overall form, its strength lies in an "architectonic" design; each precisely expressed image is carefully fitted into a pattern of linked figures of speech. Schimmel shows that at its heart Persian poetry transforms the world into a web of symbols embedded in Islamic culture.