{"product_id":"as-through-a-veil-mystical-poetry-in-islam-9781851682744","title":"As Through a Veil: Mystical Poetry in Islam","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Annemarie Schimmel drew exhaustively on an enourmous range of sources both ancient and modern to create this thorough survey of a unique body of literature.  Travelling from continent to continent and across the centuries, this story of Islamic poetry encompasses a wide spectrum of traditions and cultures, from Arabic religious verse to the ecstasies of the persian Sufis and the popular folk poetry of India and Pakistan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. Flowers of the Desert: The Development of Arabic Mystical Poetry\u003cbr\u003e  2. Tiny Mirros of Divine Beauty: Classical persian Mystical Poetry\u003cbr\u003e  3. Sun Triumphal - Love Triumphant: Maulana Rumi and the Metaphors of Love\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Voice of Love: Mystical poetry in the Vernaculars\u003cbr\u003e  5. God's Beloved and Intercessor for Man: Poetry in Honor of the Prophet\u003cbr\u003e  Abbreviations Used in Notes and Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Notes\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index of Selected Quotations\u003cbr\u003e  Index of Proper Names\u003cbr\u003e  Index of Technical Terms","brand":"Oneworld Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771642675543,"sku":"9781851682744","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781851682744.jpg?v=1758728633","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/as-through-a-veil-mystical-poetry-in-islam-9781851682744","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}