Words of Paradise: Selected Poems
Illustrated with miniatures and borders from ancient Islamic scripts, this volume features 55 poems from the works of Jalaluddin Rumi. Rumi was a 13th-century Persian mystic who believed that all human beings can, if they surrender themselves to the power of love, live in a condition of infinite bliss. Raficq Abdulla uses rhythm and powerful imagery to recreate the ecstatic state which Rumi considered so crucual to reach enlightenment.
- Author
- Rumi, Raficq Abdulla
- Format
- hardcover
- Pages
- 109
- Publisher
- Frances Lincoln Ltd
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780711215092
- Genres
- poetry, religion
- Release date
- 2004
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