Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mahmood Jamal (Editor), Mahmood Jamal (Translator), Mahmood Jamal (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2010-01-26Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140424737ISBN-10:140424733UPC:9780140424737Book Category:Poetry, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Subjects & Themes, IslamBook Topic:Inspirational & Religious, SufiSize:7.80 x 5.08 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCAPXQZNTN
Islamic Mystical Poetry: Sufi Verse from the Early Mystics to Rumi
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,...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin GroupISBN-13:9780140424737ISBN-10:140424733UPC:9780140424737Book Category:Poetry, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle Eastern, Subjects & Themes, IslamBook Topic:Inspirational & Religious, SufiSize:7.80 x 5.08 x 0.89 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCAPXQZNTN
Mahmood Jamal is the author of the Penguin Book Of Modern Urdu Poetry and has several volumes of poetry to his name and has been published widely in anthologies of British poetry. His latest volume, Sugar-Coated Pill was published in May 2006 to wide critical acclaim.
Publisher: Penguin Group
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