The Book of Wisdom & Intimate Conversations (The Classics of Western Spirituality)
'Ata'illah, Ibn; Danner, Victory (Intr./Transl.); Ansari, Kwaja Abdullah; Thackston, Wheeler M. (Intr./Transl.); Schimmel, Annemarie (Pref.)
Language: English
Published by Paulist Press, New York, 1978
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
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First edition w/no additional printings listed, hardcover, ex-library with pocket to the front pastedown, stamps and brief marks to the title and ToC pages, and a faint label shadow to the spine. The book also has bumps to the cover corners, light sunning to the spine and head, and a hint of smudging to the edges of the text block. Overall, a solid, tight and bright, Near Very Good copy.
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- Title
- The Book of Wisdom & Intimate Conversations (The Classics of Western Spirituality)
- Author
- 'Ata'illah, Ibn; Danner, Victory (Intr./Transl.); Ansari, Kwaja Abdullah; Thackston, Wheeler M. (Intr./Transl.); Schimmel, Annemarie (Pref.)
- Publisher
- Paulist Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1978
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 080910279X
- ISBN 13
- 9780809102792
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Seller catalogs
- Islam, Religion
Muslims of every age have been drawn to the simple, aphoristic nature of The Book of Wisdom and have learned its practical poetry by heart. This Arabic work is in three parts-the maxims, the treatises and the intimate conversations.
Victor Danner's new translation maintains the timeless quality of this work as an ever-fresh affirmation of the life in the spirit.
Kwaja Abdullah Ansari, Intimate Conversations
translation, introduction and notes by Wheeler M. Thackston.
"O God , if the night of separations is dark, we still rejoice, for
the morning of union is nigh... O God, what grace is this that
you have bestowed on your friends? Whoever recognizes you
finds them and whoever finds you recognizes them."
Kwaja Abdullah Ansari, 1006-1089
One of the major early writers of Persian mystical literature, Ansari is best loved for this collection of simple flowing sentences long used as a devotional handbook.
In these very human dialogues with God, Ansari speaks of a love and longing for his Creator as well as the frustration at his own human frailty.
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