Book recommendations, author interviews, editors picks, and more. The ilahinama or book of god of farid aldin attar book depository. Read conference of the birds online by farid aldin attar books. Ecstatic and earthy reflections of bahauddin, the father of. Tusi was impressed with the old poets eloquence and his way of interpreting the discourse of the sufi masters, the knowers of god and the spiritual guides, as he later put it to his student ibn alfuwati d. Read conference of the birds by farid aldin attar for free with a 30 day free trial.
Even though i am a decendant of farid ud din attar, i can say without bias that this book is. Direct and to the point, the authors intend the book to be suited to a time of intense spiritual seeking. Aar, shaikh farid al din, persian poet, sufi, theoretician of mysticism, and hagiographer, born ca. The conference of the birds or speech of the birds is a persian poem by sufi poet farid uddin attar, commonly known as attar of nishapur. In farid addin attars memorial of gods friends, readers will explore the sole extant. Farid addin attar um 1145 bis 1221 komm aus dem meer wie. Farid aldin attar follow illahi nama book of god in the book of god ilahinama attar framed his mystical teachings in various stories that a caliph tells his six sons, who are kings themselves and seek worldly pleasures and power.
In farid addin attars memorial of gods friends, readers will explore the sole extant prose work of the great persian sufi poet farid aldin attar d. Integrating the writings of generations of sufi scholars and. Available in the national library of australia collection. The ilahinama or book of god of farid aldin attar persian. It seems that he was not well known as a poet in his. The ilahinama or book of god of farid aldin attar persian heritage series attar farid aldin, john andrew boyle on. Farid aldin attar poems by the famous poet all poetry. The sea will be the sea whatever the drops philosophy. Abi bakr ebrahim or, according to ebn al fowati, b.
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