God has sent on earth a hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets to teach men the prescription of this alchemy, and how to purify their hearts from baser qualities in the crucible of abstinence. This alchemy may be briefly described as turning away from the world to God, and its constituents are four: 1. The knowledge of self. 2. The knowledge of God. 3. The knowledge of this world as it really is. 4. The knowledge of the next world as it really is. We shall now proceed to expound these four constituents in order.
God has sent on earth a hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets to teach men the prescription of this alchemy, and how to purify their hearts from b...
Gogol has made brilliantly colored pictures of his Zaporogues, which please by their very grotesqueness; but sometimes it is too evident that he has not drawn them from nature. Moreover, these character-pictures are framed in such a trivial and romantic setting that one regrets to see them so ill-placed. The most prosaic story would have suited them better than these melodramatic scenes in which are accumulated tragic incidents of famine, torture, etc. In short, one feels that the author is not at ease on the ground which he has chosen; his gait is awkward and the invariable irony of his...
Gogol has made brilliantly colored pictures of his Zaporogues, which please by their very grotesqueness; but sometimes it is too evident that he ha...
This book is a beautiful description of the lives of Islam's most notable people throughout history. Contents Include: I. PANTHEISTIC SUFISM II. HASAN BASRI III. RABIA, THE WOMAN SUFI IV. IBRAHIM BEN ADHAM V. FUDHAYL BEN AYAZ VI. BAYAZID BASTAMI VII. ZU'N NUN OF EGYPT VIII. MANSUR HALLAJ IX. HABIB AJAMI X. AVICENNA (IBN SINA) XI. AL GHAZZALI XII. FARIDUDDIN ATTAR XIII. SUHRAWARDY XIV. JALALUDDIN RUMI XV. SHARANI, THE EGYPTIAN XV. MULLAH SHAH APPENDIX I. MOHAMMEDAN CONVERSIONS " II. EXPOSITION OF SUFISM " III. CHRISTIAN ELEMENTS IN MOHAMMEDAN LITERATURE " IV. CHRIST IN MOHAMMEDAN TRADITION
This book is a beautiful description of the lives of Islam's most notable people throughout history. Contents Include: I. PANTHEISTIC SUFISM II. HASAN...
The Mantle and Other Stories is a translation of Nikolai Gogol works with an introduction to Gogol written by Prosper Merimee. Contains five stories: - The mantle- The nose- Memoirs of a mad man- A may night- The viy
The Mantle and Other Stories is a translation of Nikolai Gogol works with an introduction to Gogol written by Prosper Merimee. Contains five stories: ...
It is a custom in some quarters to represent Mohammadan mysticism as merely a late importation into Islam, and an altogether alien element in it. But however much later Islamic mysticism may have derived from Christian, Neo-platonic, and Buddhist sources, there is little doubt that the roots of mysticism are to be found in the Koran itself.
It is a custom in some quarters to represent Mohammadan mysticism as merely a late importation into Islam, and an altogether alien element in it. But ...
"Gogol, Nikolai Vassilievitch. Born in the government of Pultowa, March 31 (N.S.), 1809, died at Moscow, March 4 (N.S.), 1852. A Russian novelist and dramatist. He was educated in a public gymnasium at Pultowa, and subsequently in the lyceum, then newly established, at Niejinsk. In 1831 he was appointed teacher of history at the Patriotic Institution, a place which he exchanged in 1834 for the professorship of history in the University of St Petersburg. This he resigned at the end of a year and devoted himself entirely to literature. In 1836 Gogol left Russia. He lived most of the time in...
"Gogol, Nikolai Vassilievitch. Born in the government of Pultowa, March 31 (N.S.), 1809, died at Moscow, March 4 (N.S.), 1852. A Russian novelist and ...
Diary of a Madman (1835) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one of Gogol's greatest short stories. The tale centers on the life of a minor civil servant during the repressive era of Nicholas I. Following the format of a diary, the story shows the descent of the protagonist, Poprishchin, into insanity. Diary of a Madman, the only one of Gogol's works written in first person, follows diary-entry format.
Diary of a Madman (1835) is a farcical short story by Nikolai Gogol. Along with The Overcoat and The Nose, Diary of a Madman is considered to be one o...
The story centers on Arksenty Ivanovich Poprishchin, a low-ranking civil servant (titular counsellor), constantly belittled and criticized for underachieving. He yearns to be noticed by a beautiful woman, Sophie, the daughter of his boss, with whom he has fallen in love. As he said in his first sight of her, just after being a beast of a civil servant himself, -A footman opened the carriage door and out she fluttered, just like a little bird.- Nothing comes of this love he feels for her; Sophie is effectively unaware of him.
The story centers on Arksenty Ivanovich Poprishchin, a low-ranking civil servant (titular counsellor), constantly belittled and criticized for underac...
