The Conference of the Birds (Manteq at-Tair) is the best-known work of Farid ud-Din Attar, a Persian poet who was born at some time during the twelfth century in Neishapour (where Omar Khayyam had also been born), in north-east Iran, and died in the same city early in the thirteenth century. His name, Attar, is a form of the word from which we. The Conference of the Birds: The Selected Sufi Poetry of Farid Ud-Din Attar (Paperback) Published March 1st by Interlink Books. Paperback, 96 pages. Author (s): Attar of Nishapur, Raficq Abdulla (Translation) ISBN: (ISBN ) Average rating. · Considered by Rumi to be “the master” of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for his epic poem The Conference of the Birds, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul’s search for meaning. The poem recounts the perilous journey of the world’s birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf―a mythical mountain that wraps around the earth―in search of their king, the mysterious Simorgh/5(96).
The Conference of the Birdsby Farid al-Din AttarTHE LITERACY WORK A twelfth-century allegorical poem set in mythical Iran about a journey to the fabled Mount Qaf; completed in Persian (as Manttq at-tayr) in ; first published in its entirety in English in SYNOPSIS A number of birds set out on a pilgrimage. Along the way, many fall prey to worldly distractions, but 30 reach the source. The Conference of the Birds (Manteq at-Tair) is the best-known work of Farid ud-Din Attar, a Persian poet who was born at some time during the twelfth century in Neishapour (where Omar Khayyam had also been born), in north-east Iran, and died in the same city. 14 likes. Like. "The Beginning is lost; the End stretches into eternity. Don't bother with them, they're all irrelevant. And since all is really nothing, then nothing is truly everything.". ― Attar of Nishapur, The Conference of the Birds. tags: eternity, existencialism, finitude, nothingness.
Like. “The Beginning is lost; the End stretches into eternity. Don't bother with them, they're all irrelevant. And since all is really nothing, then nothing is truly everything.”. ― Attar of Nishapur, The Conference of the Birds. tags: eternity, existencialism, finitude, nothingness. 13 likes. The Conference of the Birds: The Selected Sufi Poetry of Farid Ud-Din Attar (Paperback) Published March 1st by Interlink Books. Paperback, 96 pages. Author (s): Attar of Nishapur, Raficq Abdulla (Translation) ISBN: (ISBN ) Average rating. The Conference of the Birds or Speech of the Birds (Manṭiq-uṭ-Ṭayr, ), is a celebrated literary masterpiece of Persian literature by poet Farid ud-Din Attar, commonly known as Attar of Nishapur. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their sovereign, as they have none.
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