ANSARI OF HERAT Selected Poems & Sayings: (Large Print & Large Format Edition)

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ANSARI OF HERAT Selected Poems & Sayings (Large Print & Large Format Edition) Translation & Introduction Paul Smith One of the greatest of the early mystical (Sufi) poets and Perfect Masters of all time, Abdullah Ansari... who passed from this world 1089 in Herat, now in Afghanistan, was most famous for his biographical dictionary on saints and Sufi masters and his much loved collection of inspiring prayers, the Munajat (much here translated) among many works in Persian and in Arabic. His ruba'is appear throughout his works and he composed three Divans in which his ghazals are in the majority. Here is a fine selection of them and a qasida. The correct rhyme-structures have been kept and the meaning of these beautiful, powerful, mystical poems. This is the largest translation of his poems into English. Introduction: The Life and Works of Ansari, Sufis & Dervishes: Their Art and Use of Poetry; The Form, Function & History of the Ruba'i; Ghazal and Qasida, Selected Bibliography. Large Print (18pt) & Large Format (8" x 10") Edition... 356 pages Paul Smith (b. 1945) is a poet, author and translator of many books of Sufi poets of the Persian, Arabic, Urdu, 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, Bedil, Rudaki, Yunus Emre, Shah Latif, Bulleh Shah, Iqbal, Ghalib, Jigar, Seemab, Baba Farid, Abu Nuwas, Ibn 'Arabi and many others, as well as his own poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children's books and screenplays.


  • | Author: Ansari
  • | Publisher: Independently published
  • | Publication Date: January 06, 2020
  • | Number of Pages: 356 pages
  • | Language: English
  • | Binding: Paperback
  • | ISBN-10: 1077130422
  • | ISBN-13: 9781077130425
Author:
Ansari
Publisher:
Independently published
Publication Date:
January 06, 2020
Number of pages:
356 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1077130422
ISBN-13:
9781077130425