The Art of Spiritual Flight
by
L. Lewisohn, C. Shackle
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Farid al-Din Attar (d. 1221) was the principal Muslim religious poet of the second half of the twelfth century. Best known for his masterpiece Mantiq al-tayr, or The Conference of Birds, his verse is still considered to be the finest example of Sufi love poetry in the Persian language after that of...