Poems of Abu Said Abil-Kheyr

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Poems of Abu Said Abil-Kheyr

Name: Poems of Abu Said Abil-Kheyr
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Written by Reza Ordoubadian

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Text in English & Arabic. Abu Said Abil-Kheyr is revered as one of the fathers of Sufism and the rubaiyat. His philosophy of self annihilation in the path of divine love became popularised by Rumi two centuries later. His understanding of religious faith was different -- nearness and understanding of God is achieved through selflessness and love. The "I" was to be abandoned if closeness to God was to be achieved. Abu Said was born in North Eastern Persia a thousand years ago. He was educated in Islamic scholarship and lived and practised as a Muslim cleric. At a certain point he developed a revolutionary new understanding of being and presented it in the form of poetry. He used, what at first seems, simple love poems as a way to express and illumi-nate mysticism. His philosophy was sustained and propagated in a Sufi centre he founded in Nishapur.

Reza Ordoubadian who has given a new life to Abu Said was born in Iran, raised with Persian poetry and prose. He later came to the United States, studied and was a professor of English literature in Tennessee.

ISBN-13: 9781588140395
Publisher: Ibex Publishers
Imprint: Ibex Publishers (US)
Publication date: 12 May 2010
Format: Paperback
Pages: 259
Dimensions: 140 x 215 mm
Language: Arabic