Teachings of Hafiz & The Mishkat al-Anwar (The Niche for Lights) (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Teachings of HafizAuthor:HafizTranslated by Gertrude Lowthian BellAdmired by Goethe among many others, the poetry of Hafiz appeals on its overt level to the ordinary man and woman, while containing those ingredients which enable the soul to perceive itself. These poems are culled from his masterpiece, The Diwan .Hafiz of Shiraz was widely regarded as an infidel in his day. Today he is recognized in the East not only for the excellence of his poetry, but also as a Sufi illuminate. His major work (The Diwan, from which the poems in this book are taken) is found beside the Koran in the homes of the devout. In the West, Hafiz — a contemporary of Dante — is admired for his love-poetry; Goethe, among others, acknowledged his influence.His work stands both as a literary monument and as a teaching instrument. His poetry appeals, at its overt level, to the ordinary man and woman, while yet containing those ingredients, which enable the soul of the Seeker to perceive itself.The Mishkat al-Anwar (The Niche for Lights)by Al-Ghazzali , translated by W.H.T. Gairdner THE MISHKÂT AL-ANWAR is a work of extreme interest from the viewpoint of al-Ghazzâlî's[2] inner life and esoteric thought. The glimpses it gives of that life and thought are remarkably, perhaps uniquely, intimate. It begins where his autobiographical Al-Munqidh min al-Dalâl leaves off. Its esotericism excited the curiosity and even the suspicion of Muslim thinkers from the first, and we have deeply interesting allusions to it in Ibn Tufaill and Ibn Rushd, the celebrated philosophers of Western Islam, who flourished within the century after al-Ghazzâlî's death in 1111 (A.H. 505)--a fact which, again, increases its importance and interest for us.