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Words of Paradise: Selected Poems of Rumi

By Rumi , Raficq Abdulla

Book information

Publisher
Frances Lincoln
Year
2000
ISBN
071121509X, 9780711215092
LCC
PK6480.E5 A234 2000
Google Books ID
_BKYg8IMzJIC
Open Library ID
OL7791406M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11215347 bytes)
Series
Sacred wisdom
Pages
55\55
Topic
Literature Prose
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40
Библиотека;Зарубежная литература;На английском язы

Description

Illustrated with miniatures and borders from ancient Islamic scripts, this volume features 55 poems from the works of Jalaluddin Rumi. Rumi was a 13th-century Persian mystic who believed that all human beings can, if they surrender themselves to the power of love, live in a condition of infinite bliss. Raficq Abdulla uses rhythm and powerful imagery to recreate the ecstatic state which Rumi considered so crucual to reach enlightenment. An introduction to the book sets Rumi's life and philosophy in context and provides some explanatory guidance to the poems. At the back of the book there are further notes on each poem, written by native Persian speaker Mehri Niknam, along with information about the art provided by Tim Stanley, Deputy Curator at the Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art.

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