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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.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 109
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780711215092
  • Genres
  • poetry, religion
  • Release date
  • 2004