Islamic Mystical Poetry

“Mahmoud is very good in terms of coverage of all the major male poets. We’ve got everyone from the mystic Hallaj through to Attar. Obviously Rumi’s in there, Ibn Arabi’s in there… All the ones you might expect and some you wouldn’t. So, anyone who has an awareness of Islamic poetry will find what they’re looking for. In that respect it’s a great introduction because you know as a translation it’s sympathetic to the original verse. A lot of it has been translated from Farsi, so it needed someone who knows how to turn it into beautiful prose in English and Mahmood does a great job of that.” Read more...

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