The Feats of the Knowers of God: Manaqeb Al-Arefin (Islamic History and Civilization)
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Book Description
This is a 14th-century biography of the famous Persian mystic poet and ‘Knower of God', Jalāl al-Dīn-e Rūmī, in the form of a large compendium of Sufi-style teaching stories. It was commissioned by a grandson about fifty years after Rūmī's death. The author-compiler, Aflākī, includes chapters on Bahā'-e Valad (Rūmī's father), Shams al-Dīn-e Tabrīzī (Rūmī's great love), Solṭān Valad and Amīr ‘Āref (Rūmī's son and grandson), and other transmitters of the spiritual Heritage of the Mowlavī dervish order. The protagonists are portrayed as performing miracles and confronting critics and rivals. Circumstantial detail abounds, thus providing one of our few windows onto social and political life during the Saljūq and Mongol period in Asia Minor. The translation has an extensive index of persons and concepts to assist readers and students.
About the Author
John O'Kane, B.A. (1963) in Classics, Princeton University, is an independent scholar. His translations include The Secrets of God's Mystical Oneness (Mazda, 1992), and Fritz Meier, Essays on Islamic Piety and Mysticism (Brill, 1999).
The Feats of the Knowers of God: Manaqeb Al-Arefin (Islamic History and Civilization),Shams Al-Din Ahmad Aflaki,John O'Kane,Brill Academic Publishers,9004121323,Biography,Biography / Autobiography,General,Interior Design - General,Islam - General,Islam - Sufism,Mevleviyeh members,Religion,Spirituality - General
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