The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (289 page)
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(d.
c.
1229 (AH 627)).
Persian mystic (
S
f
) and poet. He is particularly remembered for
Mantiq al-
’ir
(The Language of the Birds). ‘A
r composed an allegory of the spiritual journey, with all the birds following the Hudhud (Hoopoe) bird. In the end they come to an indivisible union with the King. But he wrote many other, often epic, poems, e.g.
Mu
batn
mah
(Book of Affliction),
Il
h
n
mah
(Divine Book).
c.
1229 (AH 627)).
Persian mystic (
S
f) and poet. He is particularly remembered forMantiq al-
’ir(The Language of the Birds). ‘A
r composed an allegory of the spiritual journey, with all the birds following the Hudhud (Hoopoe) bird. In the end they come to an indivisible union with the King. But he wrote many other, often epic, poems, e.g.Mu
batnmah(Book of Affliction),
Il
hnmah(Divine Book).
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