Farid Ad-Din 'Attār's Memorial of God's Friends: Lives and Sayings of Sufis

by Attar of Nishapur, Mizra Muhammad B. Abd al-Wahab Qazwini, Farid al-Din Attar

Book Overview

In Farid ad-Din 'Attār's Memorial of God's Friends, readers will explore the sole extant prose work of the great Persian Sufi poet Farid al-Din 'Attār (d. ca. 1230). Integrating the writings of generations of Sufi scholars and historians, it relates the saga of Islamic spirituality through the lives and sayings of some its most prominent exemplars. 'Attār combines popular legend, historical anecdote, ethical maxim, and speculative meditation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809145731
• ISBN13: 9780809145737
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"