Publisher's Synopsis
MYSTICISM IN ISLAM An Anthology of Sufi & Dervish Poetry, Stories, Wise Sayings, Metaphysics, Philosophy & Stages of the Path. Translation & Introduction Paul Smith Contents: The Main Forms in Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Hindi, Kashmiri, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushtu and other Sufi & Dervish Poetry, Glossary. Sufi & Dervish Poetry: Hazrat 'Ali, 'Ali Ibn Husain, Majnun, Rabi'a of Basra, Abu Nuwas, Dhu'l-Nun, Bayazid Bistami, Al Nuri, Junaid, Sumnan, Mansur Hallaj, Ibn 'Ata, Shibli, Baba Tahir, Abu Said, Ibn Sina, Baba Kuhi, Ansari, Al-Ghazali, Hamadani, Sana'i, Gilani, Mahsati, Abu Maydan, Khaqani, Mu'in, Suhrawardi, Nizami, Ruzbihan, Baghdadi, 'Attar, Baba Farid, Ibn al-Farid, Ibn 'Arabi, Auhad ud-din, Kamal ud-din, Hamavi, Baba Afzal, Rumi, Imami, Sadi, Al-Busiri, Al-Shushtari, Sultan Valad, Humam, Yunus Emre, Amir Khusrau, Hasan Dihlavi, Simnani, Auhadi, Ibn Yamin, Khaju, Obeyd Zakani, Emad, Lalla Ded, Hafiz, Jahan Khatun, Ruh Attar, Haydar, Kadi Burhan-ud-din, Maghribi, Kasim Anwar, Shah Ni'matu'llah, Jili, Nesimi, Nund Rishi, Kabir, Jami, 'Aishah al-Ba'uniyah, Pir Sultan, Fuzuli, Qutub Shah, Ghani Kashmiri, Nef'i, Yahya, Mirza, Haleti, Sa'ib, Khushal, Dara Shikoh, Sarmad, Sultan Bahu, Makhfi, Abdul-Kadir, Rahman Baba, Khwaja Mohammad, Hamid, Niyazi, Bedil, Wali, Bulleh Shah, Shah Latif, Mustaq, Ali Haider, Sauda, Dard, Nazir, Mir, Sachal Sarmast, Hatef, Galib, Esrar Dede, Aatish, Zafar, Zarq, Ghalib, Dabir, Anees, Farid, Shad, Iqbal, Inayat Khan 492, Ashgar, Jigar, Khadim, Huma. Sufi & Dervish Stories: Sana'i, Nizami, Rumi, Sadi, 'Iraqi, Kasim Anwar, Shah Da'i, Jami. Wise Sayings, Metaphysics, Philosophy & Stages Of The Path: The Enlightened Sayings of Hazrat 'Ali, The Tawasin by Mansur Hallaj, Nizami: 'The Treasury of Mysteries', Rose Garden of Mystery by Shabistari, Ibn Al-Farid: The Sufi's Progress, Book of Ecstasy or Ball & Polo-Stick by 'Arifi. Correct form has been kept in all of these powerful poems. Large Format Paperback 7" x 10" Pages 826. 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." Dr. Mir Mohammad Taghavi (Dr. of Literature) Tehran. "Superb translations. 99% Hafiz 1% Paul Smith." Ali Akbar Shapurzman, translator of works in English into Persian and knower of Hafiz's Divan off by heart. "I was very impressed with the beauty of these books." Dr. R.K. Barz. Faculty of Asian Studies, Australian National University. "Smith has probably put together the greatest collection of literary facts and history concerning Hafiz." Daniel Ladinsky (Penguin Books author). Paul Smith (b.1945) is a poet, author, 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, Nesimi, Yunus Emre, Hali, Jigar and many others, and his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and a dozen screenplays. New Humanity Books. amazon.com/author/smithpa
