Translated by a j arberry, attars work and thought is set in perspective. Farid aldin attar poems by the famous poet all poetry. Ebook farid ad din attars memorial of god s friends. Idea in deciding on the best book farid ad din attars memorial of god s friends. The ilahinama or book of god of farid al din attar persian heritage series farid al din, attar, boyle, john andrew on. As a young man farid al din traveled widely, visiting egypt, syria, arabia, india, and central asia.
Lives and sayings of sufis classics of western spirituality paperback farid aldin attar, paul losensky, th emil homerin on. The conference of the birds or speech of the birds persian. Translated with an introduction to read this day can be obtained by reading this page. The ilahinama or book of god of farid al din attar persian heritage series.
Attar therefore refers to profession of farid ul din which eventually. The conference of the birds is a book of poems in persian by farid ud din attar of approximately 4500 lines. Aar, persian muslim poet who was one of the greatest sufi mystical writers and thinkers, composing at least 45,000 distichs couplets and many brilliant prose works. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. This was no friendship, to forsake your friend, to promise your support and at the end abandon himthis was sheer treachery. The word attar perfumist derives from arabicpersian word ituratur meaning perfume. The ilahi nama or book god f arid aldin attar translated. He has provided the inspiration for rumi and many other poets. Friend follows friend to hell and blasphemy when sorrow comes ones true friends are found. You can locate the most effective book farid ad din attars memorial of god s friends. He has often being referred as farid ul din of nishapur. Farid aldin attar was born at nishapur in northern persia on november 12, 1119, but sources on his date of death vary from 1193 to 1234. The ilahi nama or book of god of farid aldin attar. Farid ud din attar faridiul din attar or faridudin was born in nishapur, in the iranian province of khorasan and died in the same city.
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