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Baba Afzal
BABA AFZAL: SUFI POET & PHILOSOPHER Ruba'iyat (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Baba Afzal (1186-1256) came from Maraq near Kashan. He is the author of many Persian works on philosophical and metaphysical subjects and translated the Arabic version of Aristotle's 'The Book of the Soul' into Persian. He was a Sufi and the author of about 500 mystical and at times controversial ruba'is some that have been mistakenly identified as Omar Khayyam's. Some of the themes in these include warnings about the futility of involvement with the things of the world, correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm and self-knowledge as the goal of all human existence...
Baba Afzal
BABA AFZAL: LIFE & POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Baba Afzal (1186-1256) came from Maraq near Kashan. He is the author of many Persian works on philosophical and metaphysical subjects and translated the Arabic version of Aristotle's 'The Book of the Soul' into Persian. He was a Sufi and the author of about 500 mystical and at times controversial ruba'is some that have been mistakenly identified as Khayyam's. Some of the themes in these include warnings about the futility of involvement with the things of the world, correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm and self-knowledge as the goal of human existence. He is one of the greatest poets among the philosophers of Islam and ...
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Ruba'iyat of Baba Afzal
~*RUBA'IYAT OF BABA AFZAL*~Translation & Introduction by Paul SmithBaba Afzal (1186-1256) came from Maraq near Kashan. He is the author of many Persian works on philosophical and metaphysical subjects and translated the Arabic version of Aristotle's 'The Book of the Soul' into Persian. He was a Sufi and the author of about 500 mystical and at times controversial ruba'is some that have been mistakenly identified as Khayyam's. Some of the themes in these include warnings about the futility of involvement with the things of the world, correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm and self-knowledge as the goal of human existence. He is one of the greatest poets among the philosophers of Islam ...
POEMS OF BABA AFZAL Sufi Pocketbook Series
POEMS OF BABA AFZAL Sufi Pocketbook Series Translation & Introduction Paul Smith. Baba Afzal (1186-1256) came from Maraq near Kashan. He is the author of many Persian works on philosophical and metaphysical subjects and translated the Arabic version of Aristotle's 'The Book of the Soul' into Persian. He was a Sufi and the author of about 500 mystical and at times controversial ruba'is some that have been mistakenly identified as Khayyam's. Some of the themes in these include warnings about the futility of involvement with the things of the world, correspondence between microcosm and macrocosm and self-knowledge as the goal of human existence. He is one of the greatest poets among the philoso...
The Four 'Babas' of Sufi Poetry
THE FOUR 'BABAS' OF SUFI POETRY Baba Tahir, Baba Azfal, Baba Farid & Rahman Baba SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith Baba Tahir, or Oryan ('The Naked') of Hamadan... approx. 990-1065, was a great God-intoxicated, or God-mad soul (mast) and possibly a Qutub (Perfect Master) who composed about 120 known ruba'i in a simpler metre than the usual 'hazaj' metre. His simple, mystical poems that he would sing while wandering naked throughout the land had a profound influence on Sufis and dervishes and other ruba'i composers, especially Abu Sa'id, Ibn Sina and Omar Khayyam. Included in the Introduction... the life of Baba Tahir, an essay on the ruba'i and on Sufi Poetry. Bibliogra...
Another Five Great Classic Sufi Master Poets: Selected Poems
ANOTHER FIVE GREAT CLASSIC SUFI MASTER POETS Ibn al-Farid, Ibn 'Arabi, Baba Farid, Baba Afzal, Rumi. SELECTED POEMS Translation & Introduction Paul Smith The great Sufi Perfect Master Poets of the Classic Age (12th-13th century) were straightforward and inspiring in the poetic forms of the ghazal, ruba'i, qasida and the masnavi in expressing their love for the Divine Beloved and their contempt for this world and its illusions. Here are hundreds of beautiful poems by them in the correct form and meaning and biographies about them. Ibn al-Farid (1181-1235). His poetry is imbibed with Sufism and he is one of the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. His The Mystic's Progress... a profound explorat...
Sufi Poets of the Thirteenth Century
SUFI POETS OF THE THIRTEENTH CENTURYSelected PoemsTranslation & Introduction Paul SmithProphet Mohammed's nephew and son-in-law Hazrat 'Ali (598-661) was the first Imam of the Shi'ites and the fourth of the true caliphs of the Sunnis. Sufi Masters believe in 'Ali as one of the 'Seven Great Ones' in the first generation of teachers and many in orders of Dervishes trace their spiritual ancestry back to him. His ghazal that follows contains the essence of all the Sufi poetry in this book that came after hundreds of years him.You do not know it, but in you is the remedy;you cause the sickness, but this you don't see.You are but a small form... this, you assume:but you're larger than any universe...
