Sufi Poems - A Mediaeval Anthology

 Sufi Poems - A Mediaeval Anthology,  Bi-Lingual Edition.
Paperback - 112 pages, Arabic and English.
Compiled and Translated by Martin Lings.
Published by The Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, UK.



Book Description :

'Sufi Poems' is a selection of poems from the golden period of Sufism especially chosen and translated from the Arabic by the distinguished scholar Dr Martin Lings. Dr Lings is the author of numerous best-selling works on Sufism and is a published poet in his own right. Inlcuding poems here translated for the first time, Sufi Poems brings together selections from the giants of Sufism; for example, Rabia al-Basri, ibn al-Hallaj, Ibn al-Farid and Muhiy ud-Din ibn al-Arabi, etc.

 
Sufi Poems is published as bi-lingual Arabic-English edition which will be of interest to all those wishing to read the original Arabic and will also be helpful for university students of Arabic. 



Table of Contents :

1.  Preface
2.  Rabiah al-Adawiyyah
3.  Dhu’n-Nun Thawban al-Misri
4.  Sahl ibn Abd Allah al-Tustari
5.  Abu Husayn Ahmad ibn Muhammad an-Nuri
6.  Abu’l-Hasan Summun ibn Hamzah al-Basri
7.  Al-Husayn ibn Mansur al-Hallaj
8.  Abu Bakr Dulaf ibn Jahdar ash-Shibli
9.  Abu’l-Abbas al-Qasim al-Sayyari
10. Muhyi’l-Din Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Arabi
11. Sharafu’d-Din Umar ibn al-Farid
12. Abu’l-Hasan Ali ibn Abd Allah ash-Shushtari
13. Conclusion
14. Bibliography.

Biographical note :

Martin Lings, formerly Keeper of Oriental Manuscript in the British Museum and the British Library, is the author of three works on Islamic mysticism, 'A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century', 'What is Sufism?' and 'The Book of Certainty', all published by the Islamic Texts Society. His 'Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources', also published by the Islamic Texts Society, has been internationally acclaimed as a masterpiece.