Mystics And Saints of Islam
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Attar sharply told him to be off about his business. "That iseasily done, " replied the dervish; "I have only a light bundle to carry, nothing in fact but my clothes. But you with your sacks full of valuabledrugs, when the time comes to go, what will _you_ do? Had you not betterconsider a little?" The appeal went home. He promptly abandoned hisbusiness in order to devote himself to a religious life. Bidding adecisive adieu to the world, he betook himself to a Sufi convent, presided over by Shei...kh Ruknuddin. Here he resided for some time engagedin devotional practices, and then made the pilgrimage to Mecca, where hemet with many devotees and conceived the idea of compiling a collectionof stories of the holy men of Islam. To this work he devoted severalyears of his long life; he also composed a Pand-nama or "Book ofCounsels. " But the work by which he is chiefly known is the"Mantiq-ut-tair" or "Parliament of Birds, " and of this we proceed togive some account.
In this allegorical poem various birds representing mystics, unitethemselves under the leadership of the hoopoe in order to journey to thecourt of the Simurgh, a mysterious bird whose name signifies "thirtybirds, " dwelling in Mount Kaf, the mountain which encircles the world.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Attar sharply told him to be off about his business. "That iseasily done, " replied the dervish; "I have only a light bundle to carry, nothing in fact but my clothes. But you with your sacks full of valuabledrugs, when the time comes to go, what will _you_ do? Had you not betterconsider a little?" The appeal went home. He promptly abandoned hisbusiness in order to devote himself to a religious life. Bidding adecisive adieu to the world, he betook himself to a Sufi convent, presided over by Shei...kh Ruknuddin. Here he resided for some time engagedin devotional practices, and then made the pilgrimage to Mecca, where hemet with many devotees and conceived the idea of compiling a collectionof stories of the holy men of Islam. To this work he devoted severalyears of his long life; he also composed a Pand-nama or "Book ofCounsels. " But the work by which he is chiefly known is the"Mantiq-ut-tair" or "Parliament of Birds, " and of this we proceed togive some account.
In this allegorical poem various birds representing mystics, unitethemselves under the leadership of the hoopoe in order to journey to thecourt of the Simurgh, a mysterious bird whose name signifies "thirtybirds, " dwelling in Mount Kaf, the mountain which encircles the world.
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