{"product_id":"9780809123728","title":"Fakhruddin Iraqi : Divine Flashes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An ambitious and much welcomed series....The books will be welcomed not only by those who are interested in deepening their knowledge of the Western spiritual tradition but also by those who are looking for more than the usual gruel served up by many of our contemporary 'spiritual' writers.\"\n\u003cbr\u003eThe New Review of Books and Religion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFakhruddin Iraqi: Divine Flashes \n\u003cbr\u003etranslated and introduced by William C. Chittick and \n\u003cbr\u003ePeter Lamborn Wilson\n\u003cbr\u003eprefaced by Seyyed Hossein Nasr \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore this there was one heart \n\u003cbr\u003ebut a thousand thoughts. \n\u003cbr\u003eNow all is reduced to \n\u003cbr\u003eThere is no god but God. \n\u003cbr\u003eFakhruddin 'Iraqi (1213-1289)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFakhruddin 'Iraqi was one of the foremost expositors of Sufi teachings and one of the greatest of Persian poets. Born in 1213 (618) in the city of Hamadan in west Persia, he lived during the revival of Islamic spirituality that was shaped by the writings of\n\u003cbr\u003eJalaluddin Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi'. 'Iraqi's masterpiece \"Divine Flashes\" became a popular and influential text in Persian speaking Islamic lands. The work's beautiful descriptions of \"the mysteries of Union\" in the language of love are classic expressions of Sufi love mysticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this volume, William Chittick and Peter Wilson present the first English edition of \" Divine Flashes\" with a sensitivity that conveys both the metaphysical richness and the poetic subtleties of the work. Writing in the preface to this book, Professor Seyyed\n\u003cbr\u003eHossein Nasr says of Iraqi: \"If he sang the love of God in verses of great beauty, it is because his soul had itself become a song of God, a melody in harmony with, and a strain of, the music issuing from the abode of the Beloved\". \n\u003cbr\u003e†\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paulist Press International,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49688040046840,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":48.86,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780809123728-1.jpg?v=1785362208","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9780809123728","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}