Ibn 'Ata' llah & Kwaja Abdullah Ansari

Ibn 'Ata' llah [The Book of Wisdom]
& Kwaja Abdullah Ansari [Intimate Conversations],
Paperback - 256 pages,
Translation by Victor Danner.
2 Volumes in One Book.

 

This book is one of The Classics of Western Spirituality: (A Library of the Great Spiritual Masters).


 
Product Description:

Two early Sufi classics are contained here in one volume. They embody the essence of spiritual life in the Islamic tradition. Ibn 'Ata' Illah al-Iskandari (c. 1250-1309) was a Sufi saint and sage who lived in Egypt. Kwaja Abdullah al-Ansari (1006-1089) was one of major early writers of Persian mystical literature.


Ibn 'Ata' Allah: The Book of Wisdom - This highly treasured book embodies the essence of spiritual life in the Islamic tradition. Its author, Ibn Ata'llah, May Allah be pleased with him, a well known Sufi saint and sage of the 13th century Egypt, lived during the flowering of new Sufi Orders. Muslims of every age have been drawn to the simple, aphoristic nature of The Book of Wisdom and have learned its practical poetry by heart. This Arabic work is in three parts - the maxims, the treatises and the intimate conversations. Victor Danner's new translation maintains the timeless quality of this work as an ever-fresh affirmation of the life in the spirit.


Khawaja Abdullah Ansari: Intimate Conversation - One of the major early writers of Persian mystical literature, Kwaja Abdullah Ansari, May Allah be pleased with him, is best loved for his collection of simple flowing sentences long used as a devotional handbook.

In these very human dialogues with God, Abdullah Ansari speaks of a love and longing for his Creator as well as the frustration at his own human frailty.