Balkh Ancient City Of Sufi Masters Poets Selected Poems Lives Stories
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Balkh Ancient City Of Sufi Masters Poets Selected Poems Lives Stories
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Author : Ebrahim Ibn Adham
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2020-05-02
Balkh Ancient City Of Sufi Masters Poets Selected Poems Lives Stories written by Ebrahim Ibn Adham and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-05-02 with categories.
BALKH Ancient City of Sufi Masters & Poets... Selected Poems, Lives & Stories Translation & Introduction Paul SmithBalkh is an ancient city, with a 2500-year long history, situated on the plain between the Hindu Kush Mountains and the river Oxus in the north of Afghanistan. Known by Arab conquerors as the 'mother of cities', Balkh lay on the major Silk Road routes. Balkh became a prime source of Sufi philosophy and poetry and stories when its ruler Ebrahim ibn Adham (d. 782) renounced his kingdom to live a life of complete asceticism as a wandering dervish. So many Sufi poets have written stories and poems about this great Perfect Master from Balkh. Stories on his life begin this book to be followed by poems by Abu Shakar (b. 915) who was perhaps the originator of the ruba'i form in Persian. Shahid (d.937) also from the city was said to be one of the great philosophers of the time. The tragic Rabi'a Balkhi (10th c.) was the first female poet of Persian whose life and poems have come down to us. Daqiqi (d, 979) followed, then Unsuri (d. 1049) the 'King of the Poets' and Minuchihri (d. 1041) whose Divan of mainly qasidas is remarkable. Nasir-i-Khusraw (1005-1070) was a famous and often infamous Sufi poet and philosopher. Sana'i (1050-1131) is best known for his poem 'The Enclosed Garden of the Truth'. He is considered one of the finest poets in the Sufi tradition. Vatvat (1095-1182), as well as his poetry he composed Sufi prose works. Zahir (1156-1202). Jami states that Zahir was compared to Anvari. Rumi (1207-1273) was one of the greatest of all the Sufi poets and a large selection of his and Sana'i's many poems here in correct rhyme form and meaning. Introduction: The History of Balkh, The Forms in which the Poets Composed. Large Print (14 pt) & Large Format (7" x 10"). Pages 472. Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author and translator of many 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, Mu'in, Amir Khusrau, Mu'ir, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Lalla Ded, Mu'in and others and his poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books, screenplays. amazon.com/author/smithpa
Rumi S Secret
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Author : Brad Gooch
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2017-01-17
Rumi S Secret written by Brad Gooch and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Smash Cut, Flannery, and City Poet delivers the first popular biography of Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet revered by contemporary Western readers. Ecstatic love poems of Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi mystic born over eight centuries ago, are beloved by millions of readers in America as well as around the world. He has been compared to Shakespeare for his outpouring of creativity and to Saint Francis of Assisi for his spiritual wisdom. Yet his life has long remained the stuff of legend rather than intimate knowledge. In this breakthrough biography, Brad Gooch brilliantly brings to life the man and puts a face to the name Rumi, vividly coloring in his time and place—a world as rife with conflict as our own. The map of Rumi’s life stretched over 2,500 miles. Gooch traces this epic journey from Central Asia, where Rumi was born in 1207, traveling with his family, displaced by Mongol terror, to settle in Konya, Turkey. Pivotal was the disruptive appearance of Shams of Tabriz, who taught him to whirl and transformed him from a respectable Muslim preacher into a poet and mystic. Their vital connection as teacher and pupil, friend and beloved, is one of the world’s greatest spiritual love stories. When Shams disappeared, Rumi coped with the pain of separation by composing joyous poems of reunion, both human and divine. Ambitious, bold, and beautifully written, Rumi’s Secret reveals the unfolding of Rumi’s devotion to a "religion of love," remarkable in his own time and made even more relevant for the twenty-first century by this compelling account.
Rumi And Islam
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 2011-07-21
Rumi And Islam written by and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-21 with Religion categories.
Discover the richness of Rumi’s spiritual tradition—through facing-page commentary that brings his writings to life for you. "This book you are now holding is a selection of what I believe are the best of Rumi’s accounts of the compassionate actions, sayings, and qualities of the Prophet, which include Rumi’s own inspired comments and explanations. It is my hope that you will be surprised and uplifted by the profound wisdom that Jalaluddin Rumi conveys through these stories and sayings." —from the Preface This great Sufi poet and teacher can become a companion for your own spiritual journey. The lyric and wisdom poetry of Mawlana Jalaluddin Rumi has been an inspiration throughout the Middle East and Asia for over seven hundred years. Recently, it has also become popular in Western countries through translations and interpretive poetic versions in English. But while popular renderings have created the appreciation of Rumi the mystic, there is little understanding today of the religious and spiritual traditions from which the great mystic came. Rumi and Islam—Selections from His Stories, Poems, and Discourses examines not the popularized Rumi of universal love but the Sufi disciple whose works express deep reverence for the Prophet Muhammad. Ibrahim Gamard focuses on Rumi’s place within the Sufi tradition of Islam, as one of the greatest Muslim followers of the Prophet Muhammed, and on the Islamic foundations of his lover-Beloved mystical poetry. By probing verse by verse Rumi’s spiritual teachings, Gamard provides insight into the mystical side of the Qur’an and Islam, a religion that holds a deep love of God at its core. Now you can experience the profound and uplifting wisdom of Rumi even if you have no previous knowledge of Sufism or Islam. This SkyLight Illuminations edition presents the most important of Rumi’s writings, mainly from the Mathnawi, with insightful yet unobtrusive commentary that conveys how his teachings about the nature of love for God and God’s love for us can increase our understanding of Islamic wisdom in the West.
Middle Eastern Literatures And Their Times
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Author : Joyce Moss
language : en
Publisher: G. K. Hall
Release Date : 2004
Middle Eastern Literatures And Their Times written by Joyce Moss and has been published by G. K. Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Literary Criticism categories.
Examines the relationship between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. This volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from the Middle East.
A Concise History Of Afghanistan In 25 Volumes
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Author : Hamid Wahed Alikuzai
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2013-10-11
A Concise History Of Afghanistan In 25 Volumes written by Hamid Wahed Alikuzai and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-11 with History categories.
For 35,000 years ancient Afghanistan was called Aryana (the Light of God) has existed. Then in 747 AD what is today called Afghanistan became Khorasan (which means Sunrise in Dari) which was a much larger geographical area. In the middle of the nineteenth century the name Afghanistan, which means home of the united tribes, was applied originally by the Saxons (present day British) and the Russians. During the Great Games in the middle of nineteenth century, the Durand Line was created in 1893 and was in place until 1993. Saxons created the state of Afghanistan out of a geographical area roughly the size of Texas: in 1893 before which there were 10 million square kilometers, larger than the size of Canada, as means to act as a buffer zone between the Saxon-India & Tsarist-Russia and the Chinese.
Rumi
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Author : Nahal Tajadod
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2011-08
Rumi written by Nahal Tajadod and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08 with Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) categories.
The passionate tale of the world's most beloved scholar, teacher and poet.
Critical Survey Of Poetry
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Author : Frank Northen Magill
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Critical Survey Of Poetry written by Frank Northen Magill and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Poetry categories.
World History Encyclopedia 21 Volumes
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Author : Alfred J. Andrea Ph.D.
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2011-03-23
World History Encyclopedia 21 Volumes written by Alfred J. Andrea Ph.D. and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-23 with History categories.
An unprecedented undertaking by academics reflecting an extraordinary vision of world history, this landmark multivolume encyclopedia focuses on specific themes of human development across cultures era by era, providing the most in-depth, expansive presentation available of the development of humanity from a global perspective. Well-known and widely respected historians worked together to create and guide the project in order to offer the most up-to-date visions available. A monumental undertaking. A stunning academic achievement. ABC-CLIO's World History Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive work to take a large-scale thematic look at the human species worldwide. Comprised of 21 volumes covering 9 eras, an introductory volume, and an index, it charts the extraordinary journey of humankind, revealing crucial connections among civilizations in different regions through the ages. Within each era, the encyclopedia highlights pivotal interactions and exchanges among cultures within eight broad thematic categories: population and environment, society and culture, migration and travel, politics and statecraft, economics and trade, conflict and cooperation, thought and religion, science and technology. Aligned to national history standards and packed with images, primary resources, current citations, and extensive teaching and learning support, the World History Encyclopedia gives students, educators, researchers, and interested general readers a means of navigating the broad sweep of history unlike any ever published.
Between Reason And Revelation
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Author : Eric Ormsby
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2012-05-31
Between Reason And Revelation written by Eric Ormsby and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
I.B.Tauris in association with the Institute of Ismaili Studies This is the first English translation of the final philosophical work of the great eleventh-century Ismaili thinker, poet, and Fatimid emissary, N?sir-i Khusraw. Appointed from Cairo by command of the Fatimid Imam-caliph al-Mustansir to serve first as a d?'?, and then as the hujjat, for the entire region of Khur?s?n, he maintained his allegiance both to his mission and his Imam-caliph for the rest of his life, even when threatened and driven into exile. Written during his exile in Badakhsh?n in the year 1070, N?sir-i Khusraw here develops a powerful presentation of both Aristotelian philosophy and Ismaili exegesis, or ta'w?l, and strives to show that they are ultimately in harmony. The work is presented as a learned commentary on a long philosophical poem, written in the previous century and sent to N?sir by the am?r of Badakhsh?n, 'Al? b. al-Asad, who copied the poem out in his own hand from memory and asked the poet-philosopher to explicate it. In doing so, N?sir ranges over a huge span of topics from logic and language to the nature of the physical world, from the spheres of the highest heavens to the plants and animals of the earthly realm, and, most importantly, hidden spiritual realities: the esoteric (b?tin) as well as the exoteric (z?hir) realms. He thus discusses the nature of God, the creation of human beings, and the mysteries concealed in the physical world, itself a reflection of a higher, transcendent realm. Between Reason and Revelation: Twin Wisdoms Reconciled is an annotated translation of the Persian text prepared by Henry Corbin and Mohammed Mu'?n based on the single surviving manuscript of the work, now in the Süleymaniye Mosque Library in Istanbul. It is a work of great philosophical and spiritual insight, which is also a pioneering attempt to tackle difficult intellectual problems in the Persian language; it is at once lucid and lyrical, precise and speculative. N?sir's influence has been immense as both a poet and a thinker, and the Kit?b-i J?mi' al-hikmatayn is his crowning work.
Critical Survey Of Poetry
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Author : Philip K. Jason
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003
Critical Survey Of Poetry written by Philip K. Jason and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Presents alphabetized profiles of nearly seven hundred significant poets from around the world, providing biographies, primary and secondary bibliographies, and analysis of their works.