TY  - BOOK
AU  - Safi,Omid
TI  - Radical love: teachings from the Islamic mystical tradition 
SN  - 9780300235562
AV  - PJ918 .R33 2018eb
U1  - 808.81/9921297 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Islamic poetry
KW  - Islamic poetry, Arabic
KW  - Translations into English
KW  - Islamic poetry, Persian
KW  - Poésie islamique
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Composition & Creative Writing
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - REFERENCE
KW  - Writing Skills
KW  - fast
KW  - Love poetry
KW  - Translations
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Poésie d'amour
KW  - rvmgf
N1  - Introduction : Islam's path of radical love -- God of love -- Path of love -- Lover and beloved -- Beloved community
N2  - This stunning collection showcases the love poetry and mystical teachings at the heart of the Islamic tradition in accurate and poetic original translations At a time when the association of Islam with violence dominates headlines, this beautiful collection offers us a chance to see a radically different face of the Islamic tradition. It traces a soaring, poetic, popular tradition that celebrates love for both humanity and the Divine as the ultimate path leading humanity back to God. Safi brings together for the first time the passages of the Qur'an sought by the Muslim sages, the mystical sayings of the Prophet, and the teachings of the path of "Divine love." Accurately and sensitively translated by leading scholar of Islam Omid Safi, the writings of Jalal al-Din Rumi can now be read alongside passages by Kharaqani, Attar, Hafez of Shiraz, Abu Said-e Abi l-Khayr, and other key Muslim mystics. For the millions of readers whose lives have been touched by Rumi's poetry, here is a chance to see the Arabic and Persian traditions that produced him
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