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... HHazrat 'Ali 31, Husayn Ibn 'Ali 55, Ali Ibn Husain 85, Majnun (Qays ibn al-Mulawwah ibn Muzahim) 93, Rabi'a of Basra 125, Abu Nuwas 146, Dhu'l-Nun 157, Bayazid Bistami 173, Al Nuri 177, Junaid 188, Sumnun 192, Mansur al-Hallaj 198, Ibn 'Ata 259, Shibli 264, Al-Ma'arri 274, Ibn Sina 325, Al-Ghazzali 330, Gilani 336, Abu Madyam 341, Suhrawadi 350, Ibn al-Farid 360, Ibn 'Arabi 383, Al-Busiri 420, Al-Shushtari 448, Jili 454, Aishah al-Ba'uniyah 463, Ahmed Shawqi 534.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
