The Conference of the Birds: The Selected Sufi Poetry of Farid Ud-Din Attar

A RICHLY-ILLUSTRATED MYSTICAL CLASSIC . NEW IN PAPERBACK. The Conference of the Birds is a twelfth-century Sufi allegorical poem. The story of the quest for a king undertaken by the birds of the world, it also describes the Sufi (or mystical Islamic) path to enlightenment. Though hugely popular and influential in the Islamic world, the poem is still relatively unfamiliar in the West. In this edition, the poet Raficq Abdulla has reinterpreted key extracts to make the wisdom of Sufism accessible to the contemporary reader. Combining amusing anecdotes and satire with passages of great mystical beauty, the poem uses the birds' journey to describe the stages of spiritual experience. This edition is richly illustrated with illuminations from Persian manuscripts.

Author: Farid Ud-Din Attar
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 03/01/2013
Pages: 96
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.20h x 6.60w x 0.40d
ISBN13: 9781566569354
ISBN10: 1566569354
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Inspirational & Religious
- Poetry | Middle Eastern