A Sufi Martyr

Author : Husayn ibn Mansur Hallaj
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810137364
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hallaj written by Husayn ibn Mansur Hallaj and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2018-07-15 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Global Humanities Translation Prize Hallaj is the first authoritative translation of the Arabic poetry of Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj, an early Sufi mystic. Despite his execution in Baghdad in 922 and the subsequent suppression of his work, Hallaj left an enduring literary and spiritual legacy that continues to inspire readers around the world. In Hallaj, Carl W. Ernst offers a definitive collection of 117 of Hallaj’s poems expertly translated for contemporary readers interested in Middle Eastern and Sufi poetry and spirituality. Ernst’s fresh and direct translations reveal Hallaj’s wide range of themes and genres, from courtly love poems to metaphysical reflections on union with God. In a fascinating introduction, Ernst traces Hallaj’s dramatic story within classical Islamic civilization and early Arabic Sufi poetry. Setting himself apart by revealing Sufi secrets to the world, Hallaj was both celebrated and condemned for declaring: “I am the Truth.” Expressing lyrics and ideas still heard in popular songs, the works of Hallaj remain vital and fresh even a thousand years after their composition. They reveal him as a master of spiritual poetry centuries before Rumi, who regarded Hallaj as a model. This unique collection makes it possible to appreciate the poems on their own, as part of the tragic legend of Hallaj, and as a formidable legacy of Middle Eastern culture. The Global Humanities Translation Prize is awarded annually to a previously unpublished translation that strikes the delicate balance between scholarly rigor, aesthetic grace, and general readability, as judged by a rotating committee of Northwestern faculty, distinguished international scholars, writers, and public intellectuals. The Prize is organized by the Global Humanities Initiative, which is jointly supported by Northwestern University’s Buffett Institute for Global Studies and Kaplan Institute for the Humanities.

Author : A.J. Arberry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134538391
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sufi Martyr written by A.J. Arberry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1969. This volume was composed by an eminent Sufi mystic whilst in prison in Baghdad, awaiting execution, in a vain attempt to overthrow his sentence; he was put to death in AD 1311 at the age of 33. This apologia is a document of great poignancy, composed in most elegant Arabic and translated with the customary skill and elegance for which A J Arberry became so well-known.

Author : 'Ain-al-Qudat al-Hamadani
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 101 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sufi Martyr written by 'Ain-al-Qudat al-Hamadani and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : C. Ernst
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137095814
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sufi Martyrs of Love written by C. Ernst and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sufism is a religion which emphasizes direct knowledge of the divine within each person, and meditation, music, song, and dance are seen as crucial spiritual strides toward attaining unity with God. Sufi paths of mysticism and devotion, motivated by Islamic ideals, are still chosen by men and women in countries from Morocco to China, and there are nearly one hundred orders around the world, eighty of which are present and thriving in the United States. The Chishti Sufi order has been the most widespread and popular of all Sufi traditions since the twelfth-century. Sufi Martyrs of Love offers a critical perspective on Western attitudes towards Islam and Sufism, clarifying its contemporary importance, both in the West and in traditional Sufi homelands. Finally, it provides access to the voices of Sufi authorities, through the translation of texts being offered in English for the first time.

Author : ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadhānī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Author : Louis Massignon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691019192
Total Pages : 340 pages
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Download or read book The Passion of Al-Hallaj written by Louis Massignon and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abridged from the four-volume "The Passion of al-Hallaj, " one of the major works of Western orientalism, this book explores the life and teaching of a famous tenth-century Sufi mystic and martyr, and in so doing describes not only his experience but also the whole milieu of early Islamic civilization. Louis Massignon (1883-1962), France's most celebrated Islamic specialist in this century and a leading Catholic intellectual, wrote of a man who was for him a personal inspiration. -- Back cover.

Author : Herbert Mason
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780700703111
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Al-Hallaj written by Herbert Mason and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and teachings of Islam's most dramatic and controversial mystic, Husayn ibn Mansur, better known as Al-Hallaj (the reader of hearts).

Author : Arthur John Arberry
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9780700714278
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sufi Martyr written by Arthur John Arberry and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Composed by an eminent Sufi mystic whilst in prison in Bagdhad awaiting execution, this apologia is a document of great poignancy, composed in elegant Arabic and translated with equal elegance by A.J. Arberry.

Author : ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ʻAyn al-Quḍā̄h al-Hamadhānī
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415426008
Total Pages : 101 pages
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Download or read book A Sufi Martyr written by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ʻAyn al-Quḍā̄h al-Hamadhānī and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadhānī
Publisher : Allen & Unwin Australia
ISBN 13 : 9780042970202
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Sufi Martyr written by ʻAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ʻAyn al-Quḍāh al-Hamadhānī and published by Allen & Unwin Australia. This book was released on 1969 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: