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. Including poems here translated for the first time, Sufi Poems brings together selections from the giants of Sufism; for example, Rabia, Hallaj, Ibn al-Farid and Ibn Arabi. 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.

The late 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, also published by the Islamic Texts Society, has been internationally acclaimed as a masterpiece.

‘Extremely well-chosen and exquisitely translated, this masterly rendition resonates with spiritual qualities of the original Arabic verses.’
S.H. Nasr.

‘…a daunting standard for future translators… a work of slow amd careful crafting of stanzas over a period of thirty years, these masterly translations have a moving force for hearts on the Path.’
Muzaffar Iqbal, Islamic Studies.