Khidr in Sufi Poetry

 Khidr in Sufi Poetry - A Selection,
Paperback - 312 pages,
Translated by : Paul Smith.


Description :

Khidr in Sufi Poetry : A Selection. Translation & Introduction by Paul Smith.


''Hadrat'' Khidr, alayhi salaam, (Khizer, Khadir) is often called: “The Green One” for he was said to have drunk from the Fountain of Immortality and gained Eternal life. He has been identified with Elias, St. George, Phineas, the Angel Gabriel, (Hadrat Jibra'il, 'alayhis salaam) the companion of Prophet Muhammed, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, on a journey which is told in the Qur'an, viii, 59-8 1, and throughout the literature of Mysticism has appeared to many great seekers who eventually became Perfect Masters.


Included are poems by many great Sufi Master Poets who have composed poems in Persian, Turkish, Pashtu, Urdu and English in which he is invoked or appears. The correct rhyme-structure has been kept as well as the beauty and meaning of these poems.



Contents :

---Introduction - Who is Khidr ?
---Selected Bibliography,

The Poets :

---Ansari,
---Anvari,
---Khaqani,
---Mu’in,
---Nizami,
---‘Attar,
---Baba Afzal,
---Mevlana Rumi,
---Sadi,
---Yunus Emre,
---Shabistari,
---Amir Khusrau,
---Obeyd Zakani,
---Emad Kermani,
---Hafiz,
---Ruh Attar,
---Haydar,
---Jahan Khatun,
---Ahmedi,
---Zeyneb,
---Necati,
---Khushal,
---Makhfi,
---Rahman Baba,
---KhAwaja Muhammad,
---Niyazi,
---Wali,
---Dard,
---Zauq,
---Ghalib,
---Dagh,
---Allama Iqbal,
---Paul.

---Appendix I
---Appendix II
---Appendix III

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The Translator: Paul Smith is a poet, author and translator of over 80 books of Sufi poets of Persian, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Pashtu and other languages, including Hafiz, Sadi, Nizami, Rumi, ‘Attar, Sana’i, Jahan Khatun, Lalla, Obeyd Zakani, Nesimi, Kabir, Anvari, Ansari, Jami, Khayyam, Rudaki, Yunus Emre and many others, as well as poetry, fiction, plays, biographies, children’s books and screenplays.