´Umar Ibn Al-Farid: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life

by 'Umar Ibn 'Ali Ibn Al-Farid, Ibn Al-Farid, ابن الفارض

Book Overview

Umar Ibn al-Farid (b. 576 hijri date]/1181 CE; d. 632 hijri date]/1235 is the most venerated mystical poet in Arabic. An accomplished Sufi as well as a respected poet, his poetry blends the two traditions-classical Arabic poetry and Islamic mysticism-in a body of work with a distinctly devotional and mystical character. In a major contribution to the critically acclaimed and long lived Classics of Western Spirituality(TM), editor Th. Emil Homerin...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080914008X
• ISBN13: 9780809140084
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"