MUSLIM SAINTS & MYSTICS ( TADHKIRATAL-AULIYA) BY Sheikh Farid-AL-Din Attar Introduction Shaikh Farid Al-din Attar is considered one of the preeminent mystical poets of the Persian literary tradition. The duration of his life is uncertain, though he can be placed in the 12th and 13th centuries C.E. born in Nishapur in what is today Iran. Attar apparently was a pharmacist but little information about his personal life is known. During his lifetime he is believed to have written approximately 9 books, including such famous works as The Manteq Al-Tayr (The Conference of the Birds) and The Ilahi-Nama (The book of God) Tadhkiratal-Auliya (Muslim Saints and Mystics) is considered world famous classical book of Persian literature which printed and re-printed in many countries. An abridgement, translated by A.J. Arberry, of Attar's only known prose work Tadhkirat Al-Auliya (The Memorial of the Saints) which he worked on throughout much of his life and which was available publicly before his death. Arberry's translation is an abridgement. The entry on Owaise Al-Qarani and some other chapters translated by me which were omitted in Arberry's text are added on the Sunniport. In Tadhkiratal-Auliya Sheikh Farid-Al-Din Attar wrote many chapters briefly but in those chapters there is full information and details of the titles are available . His style of writing is most interesting and for this reason the readers will remember the above chapters from the above great book for a longer time . For the above reasons this book is very famous through out the world and its translations are available in many languages of the world. Thanks to Mr. David E. Rosenbaum of New York Times The second chapter Owaise Al-Qarani was published on the following web site by Mr. David E. Rosenbaum as he was the editor of the below web site. Mr David E. Rosenbaum’s publication note about the entry on Owasie Al Qarni. Muslim Saints and Mystics is an abridgement, translated by A.J. Arberry, of Attar's only known prose work: Tadhkirat al-Auliya (The Memorial of the Saints), which he worked on throughout much of his life and which was available publicly before his death. In what is considered the most compelling entry in this book, Attar relates the story of the execution of Hallaj, the mystic who had uttered the words “I am the Truth” in a state of ecstatic contemplation. Arberry's translation is an abridgement; the entry on Owaise al-Qarani translated by Mohammed A. Hafeez B.Com., omitted in Arberry's text, is included at the following link: Owaise al-Qarani. =============================================. 2. Owaise of Qarni (PDF) will create 70,000 angels same as Owaise of Qarni (clone) and when ... Owaise of Qarni told him to stay there and he went away and ... www.omphaloskepsis.com/ebooks/pdf/Owaise.pdf - 113k - View as html - More from this site -Save ==================================== On the Friday night of Jan. 6, 2006 in Northwest Washington, when New York Times reporter Mr. David E. Rosenbaum was beaten, robbed and dispatched to his death. But in the course of history of the book Tadhkirat Al-Auliya ( Muslim Saints & Mystics ) the name of Mr. David E. Rosenbaum will be remembered always as he had published the above article with the special note with the following details. 1. Some details about the life of Shaikh Farid Al-din Attar . 2. The details of the works by Shaikh Farid Al-din Attar . 3. He introduced also the translator ( Muhammed A. Hafeez B.Com. ) and his work of translation of the second main chapter Owaise of Qarni from the above book. 34 EPISODES AVAILABLE ON THE SUNNIPORT 1. Ja’far al-Sadeq 2. Owais al-Qarani 5. Muhammad ibn Wase 7. Abu Hazem al-Makki 8. Otba al-Gholam 18. Abu Hanifa 19. al-Shafe’i 20. Ahmad ibn Hanbal 23. Abu Solaiman al-Dara’i 24. Muhammad ibn Sammak 25. Aslam al-Tusi 31. Fath al-Mauseli 32. Ahmad ibn Abi ‘l-Hawari 34. Abu Torab al-Nakhshabi 39. Hamdun al-Qassar 40. Mansur ibn ‘Ammar 41. Al-Antaki 42. Abd Allah ibn Khobaiq 48. Abd Allah Ibn al-Jala 49. Abu Muhammad Rowaim 51. Ibrahim Bin Dawood Warqi. 52. Yousuf Asbat. 53. Abu Yaqub Bin Ishaque Nehar Jawan. 55. Abu Muhammed Murtish 56. Abu Abdallah Muhammed Bin Fadhel 57. Sheikh Abul Hasan Bushanji 59. Abu Warqi 60. Abdallah Manazil 61. Ali Sahel Asfahani 63. Abu Hamza Khorasani 64. Ahmed Masruq 65. Abdallah Meghrabi 66. Abu Ali Jirjani 69. Abu Muhammed Hariri. ============================= The above 34 episodes from Tadhkirat Al-Auliya (Muslim Saints & Mystics ) by Shaikh Farid Al-din Attar translated from Urdu to English by Muhammed A. Hafeez, B.Com. Email: hafeezanwar@yahoo.com H.No. 16-11-16/1/21, Saleemnagar colony, Al-madina cottage, Hyderabad-36, I n d i a. ========================================== REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Tadhkirat Al-Auliya ( Muslim Saints and Mystics) by Sheikh Farid-Al-din Attar, Urdu translation published by Majedi Book Depot, Kanpur, India, in the year 1383 A.H. 2. Tadhkirat Al-Auliya ( Muslim Saints and Mystics) by Sheikh Farid-Al-din Attar, Urdu translation published by Anwar Book Depot, Delhi India. 3. Masnavi , Jalal Al-din Rumi . =============================
