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Layla and Majnun

by Nizami Ganjavi · 1192

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The text is a prose rendition of Nizami's 12th-century poetic masterpiece, in which he reshapes the legends of Majnun, the quintessential romantic fool, into a tale of the ideal lover. For the Sufis, Majnun represents the perfect devotee of the "religion of the heart," and the story is an allegory of the soul's longing for God. This is a beautiful production, and it includes a final chapter newly translated from the Persian by Omid Safi and Zia Inayat Khan.

Genre
literary fictionromance
Themes
islamspiritualityreligion
Setting
medievalMiddle AgesIranMiddle EastAsia
Subject
philosophy
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 256 pages
Form
poetry

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