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“farid attar”

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  • 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

    $12.99 USD

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    The Conference of the Birds

    by Farid Attar ...
    Narrated by Dick Davis, Paul Chahidi ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 8 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.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 ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Layli and Majnun

    by Nezami Ganjavi, Dick Davis ...
    Narrated by Dick Davis, Peter Ganim, Serena Manteghi, Sean Rohani ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 37 min

    The Persian epic that inspired Eric Clapton's unforgettable love song "Layla" and that Lord Byron called "the Romeo and Juliet of the East," in a masterly new translationThe iconic love story of the Middle East, by a twelfth-century Persian poet who has been compared to Shakespeare for his subtlety, inventiveness, and dramatic force, Layli and Majnun tells of star-crossed lovers whose union is ... Read more

    $17.50 USD

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    Conference Of The Birds

    by Farid ud-Din Attar ...
    Narrated by Matthew Schmitz ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 16 min

    The Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds is a Persian poem by Sufi poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. The title is taken directly from the Qur'an, 27:16, where Sulayman and Dāwūd are said to have been taught the language, or speech, of the birds.In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their sovereign, as they have none. The hoopoe, the ... Read more

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  • 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 Masnavi, Book Six

    by Jalal al-Din Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi ...
    Series Book 6 - Oxford World's Classics
    'Until effaced no one can actually Enter the Court of Holy Majesty. What is the meaning of the heavenly ascension? Non-being: the mystics' law school and religion.' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and The Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey teachings about divine love and unity to the ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The Masnavi, Book Five

    by Jalal al-Din Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi ...
    Series Book 5 - Oxford World's Classics
    'If something else can capture your attention Then it's not love, but just a trivial passion - Love is that flame which, once it blazes up, Burns everything but the Beloved up.' This is the first ever translation of the entirety of Book Five of Rumi's magnum opus, The Masnavi, into English. Prior to this verse translation in heroic couplets, translations were either of selected passages or in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Masnavi. Book Four

    by Jalal al-Din Rumi ...
    Translated by Jawid Mojaddedi ...
    Series Book 4 - Oxford World's Classics
    'Joking is teaching, so take care to listen - Don't look at just the joke's form of expression. To jesters every serious thing's hilarious, While to the wise hilarious jokes are serious' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of divine ... Read more

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  • The Masnavi, Book Three

    by Jalal al-Din Rumi ...
    Translated by Jawid Mojaddedi ...
    Series Book 3 - Oxford World's Classics
    'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death - Think of your faith as though it's your last breath. Your life is like a purse, and night and day Are counters of gold coins you've put away' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The Masnavi, Book Two

    by Jalal al-Din Rumi ...
    Translated by Jawid Mojaddedi ...
    Series Book 2 - Oxford World's Classics
    'You don't seek guidance from those drunken men, So why insist they mend their rags again? God's lovers stand beyond all faiths, as they Are shown by God Himself a higher way.' Book Two of Rumi's Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • The Garden of Truth

    Knowledge, Love, and Action

    by Seyyed Hossein Nasr ...
    The headlines are filled with the politics of Islam, but there is another side to the world's fastest-growing religion. Sufism is the poetry and mysticism of Islam. This mystical movement from the early ninth century rejects worship motivated by the desire for heavenly reward or the fear of punishment, insisting rather on the love of God as the only valid form of adoration. Sufism has made ... Read more

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