The Conference of the Birds: The Selected Sufi Poetry of Farid Ud-Din AttarA twelfth-century Sufi allegorical poem. The Conference of the Birds tells the story of the quest for a king undertaken by the birds of the world, as it also describes the Sufi (or mystical Islamic) path to enlightenment. Richly illustrated with illuminations from Persian manuscripts in the British Library. |
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The Conference of the Birds: Selections from Attar : Illustrated with ... Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār No preview available - 2002 |
The Conference of the Birds: Selections from Attar : Illustrated with ... Farīd al-Dīn ʻAṭṭār No preview available - 2002 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraha's asked Attar Bayazid Bayazid Bistami beak beauty Beloved body breath burn centre courage craving creature dark death disciples Divine drown dust earth earthbound empty enter eternal eyes face faith Farid FARID UD-DIN ATTAR fate fear feathers ghazal God's gold grace grief hear heart Heaven hide holy hoopoe replies hoopoe's Iblis Iran Islamic journey Junaid Kaaba Khidr King king's Leila light live look Love is fire lust Majnun manuscripts Mecca meek minbar mind Moses moth Murids mystery mystical Nishapur obey ocean palace passion pilgrims poem poet poetry pray prayer pride Qu'ran quest Qur'an reader Satan seek the Simurgh sense seven valleys Shabli shadows Sheikh sigh sight sing sorrow soul speak spirit stay Sufi SUFI POETRY Sufism Tariqah tears tell things thirty birds thousand true trust understand Valley of Astonishment Valley of Love veil voice wings wish words