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  • Kalīlah and Dimnah

    Fables of Virtue and Vice

    by Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ...
    Translated by Michael Fishbein, James E. Montgomery ...
    Series Book 91 - Library of Arabic Literature
    Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayalLike Aesop’s Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted, augmented, and translated into Arabic by the scholar and state official Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second/eighth century. The stories ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

  • Kalīlah and Dimnah

    Fables of Virtue and Vice

    by Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ ...
    Translated by Michael Fishbein, James E. Montgomery ...
    Series Book 76 - Library of Arabic Literature
    Timeless fables of loyalty and betrayalLike Aesop’s Fables, Kalīlah and Dimnah is a collection designed not only for moral instruction, but also for the entertainment of readers. The stories, which originated in the Sanskrit Panchatantra and Mahabharata, were adapted, augmented, and translated into Arabic by the scholar and state official Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ in the second/eighth century. The stories ... Read more

    $24.69 USD

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  • Rumi, The Poetry Of

    by Rumi ...
    Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at individual poets who have shaped and influenced their craft and cement their place in our heritage. In this volume we venture to the East. To met a poet who ... Read more

    $1.49 USD

  • The Essence of Rumi

    by John Baldock ...
    Get drunk on Love, for Love is all that exists. Unless you make Love your business, you will not be admitted to the Beloved.' (Divan-i Shams-i Tabriz 455:A1:54)The thirteenth-century saint Jalaluddin Rumi has been called the greatest mystical poet of any age, and his work compared to that of Dante and Shakespeare. Over a period of 25 years he composed over 70,000 verses of poetry on the subjects ... Read more

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  • The Forbidden Rumi

    The Suppressed Poems of Rumi on Love, Heresy, and Intoxication

    by Nevit O. Ergin, Will Johnson ...
    The first collection of poems translated into English from the forbidden volume of the Divan of Rumi• Presents Rumi’s most heretical and free-form poems• Includes introductions and commentary that provide both 13th-century context and modern interpretationAfter his overwhelming and life-altering encounters with Shams of Tabriz, Rumi, the great thirteenth-century mystic, poet, and originator of the ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Masnavi, Book One

    by Jalal al-Din Rumi ...
    Translated by Jawid Mojaddedi ...
    Series Book 1 - Oxford World's Classics
    'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.' Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The Conference of the Birds

    by Farid Attar ...
    Translated by Afkham Darbandi, Dick Davis ...
    Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God - it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

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  • Desert Songs of the Night

    1500 Years of Arabic Literature

    Edited by Suheil Bushrui ...
    A unique and extraordinary collection, Desert Songs of the Night presents some of the finest poetry and prose by Arab writers, from the Arab East to Andalusia, over the last 1,500 years. From the mystical imagery of the Qur'an and the colourful stories of The Thousand and One Nights, to the powerful verses of longing of Mahmoud Darwish and Nazik al-Mala'ika, this captivating collection includes ... Read more

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  • Faces of Love

    Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

    Translated by Dick Davis ...
    by Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun, Obayd-e Zakani ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    Acclaimed translator Dick Davis breathes new life into the timeless works of three masters of 14th-century Persian literatureTogether, Hafez, a giant of world literature; Jahan Malek Khatun, an eloquent princess; and Obayd-e Zakani, a dissolute satirist, represent one of the most remarkable literary flowerings of any era. All three lived in the famed city of Shiraz, a provincial capital of south ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Love's Ripening

    Rumi on the Heart's Journey

    by Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi ...
    Translated by Kabir Helminski, Ahmad Rezwani ...
    Love is the meaning of our existence, the raw material of transformation, the glorious way of access to Divine intimacy. This teaching infuses the lyric verse of Rumi (1207–1273), the greatest of the Sufi poets. The poems in this collection, taken from among the master’s many volumes of work, focus on one of his greatest themes: how love grows and matures for those on the spiritual path. Kabir ... Read more

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  • Tales of Rabia Al-Adawiyya The Great Female Muslim Sufi Saint from Basra

    by Muhammad Vandestra ...
    Running with fire in one hand and water in the other, Rabia explained, “I am going to burn paradise and douse hellfire so that both veils may be lifted from those on the quest, and they will become sincere of purpose. God’s servants will learn to see Him without hope for reward or fear of punishment. As it is now, if you took away hope for reward or fear of punishment, no one would obey.”This was ... Read more

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  • Hafiz

    The Mystic Poets

    by Ibrahim Gamard, Gertrude Bell ...
    Discover How Hafiz’s Spiritual Life and Vision Can Enlighten Your OwnHafiz is known throughout the world as Persia’s greatest poet, with sales of his poems in Iran today only surpassed by those of the Qur’an itself. His probing and joyful verse speaks to people from all backgrounds who long to taste and feel divine love and experience harmony with all living things.This beautiful sampling of Hafiz ... Read more

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