ISLAMIC MYSTICISM OR 'SUFISM' IN ARABIC POETRY Hazrat 'Ali - Ahmed Shawqi.

ISLAMIC MYSTICISM OR 'SUFISM' IN ARABIC POETRY Hazrat 'Ali - Ahmed Shawqi. An Anthology. Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Introduction includes... Islamic Mysticism: Art and Use of Poetry & The Main Forms in Arabic Poetry. Included with each selection of a particular poet is a brief biography plus a list of further reading. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the power and meaning of these beautiful, powerful, mystical poems. The Poets... Hazrat Ali 31, Ali Ibn Husain 55, Majnun (Qays ibn al-Mulawwah ibn Muzahim) 57, Rabi'a of Basra 89, Abu Nuwas 110, Dhu'l-Nun 121, Bayazid Bistami 137, Al Nuri 141, Junaid 151, Sumnun 156, Mansur al-Hallaj 162, Ibn 'Ata 222, Shibli 228, Al-Ma'arri 238, Ibn Sina 289, Al-Ghazzali 294, Gilani 300, Abu Madyam 305, Suhrawadi 314, Ibn al-Farid 324, Ibn 'Arabi 347, Al-Busiri 384, Al-Shushtari 412, Jili 418, Aishah al-Ba'uniyah 427, Ahmed Shawqi 498. Large Print (16pt) & Large Format (8" x 10") Edition. Format Paperback 7" x 10" Pages 521. Comments on Paul Smith's Translation of Hafiz's 'Divan'. "It is not a joke... the English version of ALL the ghazals of Hafiz is a great feat and of paramount importance. I am astonished." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran."Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of many mystical works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart."Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author of his own poems inspired by Hafiz). "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. Paul Smith (b. 1945) is an Australian 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, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Lalla Ded, Rahman Baba, Ghalib, Iqbal, Nazir, Seemab, Jigar and others, his own poetry and fiction, plays and biographies, children's books, & screenplays. Published by New Humanity Books. amazon.com/author/smithpa