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Ibn al-Fāriḍ (d. 632/1235) is arguably the greatest mystical poet in the history of Arabic literature. Born in Cairo and a student of Shāfiʿī law and ḥadīth in his younger years, he turned to mysticism, living a solitary existence on Cairo's Muqaṭṭam hills, in the desert, and in the Hijaz. After his return to Cairo, people worshipped him as a saint, and even today admirers still visit his tomb. Ibn Turka Iṣfahānī (d. 835/1432) stemmed from a well-educated family in Isfahan. A survivor of Tīmūr Lang's (d. 807/1405) massacre of the population of Isfahan in 789/1387, he first studied the Islamic sciences with his elder brother in Samarqand, after which he went on a study tour which took him to such great scholars as Shams al-Dīn Fanārī (d. 834/1451) and Sirāj al-Dīn al-Bulqīnī (d. 805/1403). A specialist of mysticism in its relation to philosophy and Islam, this is his commentary on Ibn al-Fāriḍ's al-Tāʾiyya al-kubrā.

Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī,

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Umar Ibn al-Fāriḍ (1181–1235), author of two classic works, the Wine Ode and the Poem of the Sufi Way, is considered the greatest Sufi poet to write in Arabic. In this study, these and other poems by Ibn al-Fāriḍ are considered within the context of Islamic mysticism, Arabic literature, and Sufi poetry. Th. Emil Homerin uncovers the literary and religious intent of these poems and their aesthetic and mystical content, showing them to be a type of meditative poetry. Indeed, Ibn al-Fāriḍ often alludes to the Sufi practice of "recollection," or meditation on God, to evoke a view of existence in which the seeker may be transformed by an epiphany of love revealing an intimate relationship to the divine beloved. Homerin provides elegant translations and close readings of Ibn al-Fāriḍ's poetry, highlighting the beauty of his verse, its moods, meanings, and significance within Islamic mysticism and Arabic poetry, where Ibn al-Fāriḍ is still known as the "Sultan of the Lovers."

Sufi poetry, Arabic --- History and criticism. --- Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar b., --- Fāriḍ, ʻUmar b. al-, --- Ḥamawī, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- Ibn al-Fâridh, 'Omar, --- İbn Farız, --- Ibn Fāriz̤, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- Miṣrī, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- ʻUmar b. al-Fāriḍ, --- ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥamawī, --- ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī al-Miṣrī, --- ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī ibn al-Fāriḍ, --- ابن الفارض --- ابن الفارض، عمر بن علي --- ابن الفارض، عمر بن علي، --- ابن الفارض، عمر بن على، --- ابن الفريد، عمر بن علي --- ابن الفريض، عومر --- ابن الفريض، عمر بن على --- ابن فارض، عمر بن على, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Ibn al-Farid, Umar ibn Ali,

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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sufism. --- Sufi poetry --- Sufism --- Islamic poetry --- Religious poetry --- Sufi literature --- Sofism --- Mysticism --- History and criticism. --- Islam --- Abu Sa'id ibn Abi 'l-Khair (Fazl Ullah), --- 'Abd al-Karim ibn Ibrahim. --- 'Umar ibn Ali, called Ibn al-Farid, --- Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr, --- Jīlī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm, --- ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Jīlī, --- ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm al-Jīlānī, --- ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm al-Kīlānī, --- Abdüʼl-kerı̂m bin İbrahim el-Cı̂lı̂, --- Abdülkerim Cı̂ylî, --- Cı̂lı̂, Abdüʼl-kerı̂m bin İbrahim, --- Cı̂ylı̂, Abdülkerim, --- Ǧīlī, ʻAbd al-Karīm, --- Jīlānī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm, --- Jīlī, ʻAbd al-Karīm, --- Kīlānī, ʻAbd al-Karīm ibn Ibrāhīm, --- جيلي ، عبد الكريم بن إبراهيم --- جيلي، عبد الكريم بن إبراهيم، --- جيلى، عبد الكريم --- عبد الكريم بن ابراهيم الجيلي --- Shaykh Abī Saʻīd, --- Abū Saʻīd Abū al-Khayr, --- Abū Saʻīd Faz̤l Allāh ibn Abū al-Khayr, --- Abū Saʻīd-i Abū l-Ḫayr, --- Sheikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir, --- Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir, --- Abu Sakhyt Abul Khaĭr, --- Abusaid Abulʹkheĭr, --- Fazullakh ibn Akhmed ibn Mukhammed ibn Ibragim Mikhni, --- Babu Abulkheĭr, --- Abulkhaĭr Baba, --- Abu Seĭt Abulkhaĭr, --- Fazlulla ibn Akhmet ibn Mukhammet ibn Ybraĭym Măneli, --- Abu Said Abi'l-Khair, --- Abulkhair, Abusaʼid, --- Abusaʼid Abulkhair, --- Abu Sa'id Abu'l Kheyr, --- Ebû Saîd-i Ebü'l-Hayr, --- ابو سعيد ابو الخير --- ابو سعيد ابوالخير --- ابو سعيد بن ابي الخير --- ابو سعيد بن ابي الخير، --- ابوسعيد بن ابى الخير --- Ibn al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- al-Fāriḍ, ʻUmar b., --- Fāriḍ, ʻUmar b. al-, --- Ḥamawī, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- Ibn al-Fâridh, 'Omar, --- İbn Farız, --- Ibn Fāriz̤, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- Miṣrī, ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī, --- ʻUmar b. al-Fāriḍ, --- ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī al-Ḥamawī, --- ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī al-Miṣrī, --- ʻUmar ibn ʻAlī ibn al-Fāriḍ, --- ابن الفارض --- ابن الفارض، عمر بن علي --- ابن الفارض، عمر بن علي، --- ابن الفارض، عمر بن على، --- ابن الفريد، عمر بن علي --- ابن الفريض، عومر --- ابن الفريض، عمر بن على --- ابن فارض، عمر بن على,