This is a major work of Islamic mysticism by the great thirteenth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar. Translated by A J Arberry, Attar’s work and thought is set in perspective in a substantial introduction.
This is a major work of Islamic mysticism by the great thirteenth-century Persian poet, Farid al-Din Attar. Translated by A J Arberry, Attar’s wo...
Mantiq al-tayr (the conference of the birds) is an elaborate allegory with many digressions describing in some 10,000 lines how all the birds (human souls) set out in search of the Simurgh (the godhead). All but 30 die and the survivors realize that they themselves are the Simurgh. This book is particularly important in the mystical Sufi movement.
Mantiq al-tayr (the conference of the birds) is an elaborate allegory with many digressions describing in some 10,000 lines how all the birds (human s...
"Mantiqu't-Tair" is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature of which a complete and annotated translation into English is here presented for the first time as "The Speech of the Birds." The text revolves around the decision of the birds of the world to seek out a king. Their debilitating doubts and fears, the knowing counsel of their leader Hoopoe, and their choice of the Simurgh as a king, is in reality an allegory of the spiritual path of Sufism with its demands, its hazards and its infinite rewards. The poem contains many admonitory anecdotes and exemplary stories, including numerous...
"Mantiqu't-Tair" is one of the masterpieces of Persian literature of which a complete and annotated translation into English is here presented for the...
