{"product_id":"2940014794404","title":"THE RUBAIYAT (Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK) by OMAR KHAYYAM The All-Time Worldwide Bestselling Collection of Philosophy and Poetry WORLDWIDE BESTSELLER The Complete \u0026 Unabridged Rub\u0026aacute;iy\u0026aacute;t of Omar Khayy\u0026aacute;m SUFI SUFISM","description":"THE RUBAIYAT \u003cbr\u003e(Authoritative and Unabridged Edition for NOOK) \u003cbr\u003eby OMAR KHAYYAM \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe All-Time Worldwide Bestselling Collection of Philosophy and Poetry \u003cbr\u003eWORLDWIDE BESTSELLER \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Complete \u0026amp; Unabridged Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSUFI PHILOSOPHY SUFI POETRY SUFISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT THE RUBAIYAT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rubaiyat, by Omar Khayyam, is the most famous work of Persian Sufi poetry ever translated into English.  Their peculiar form of four lines, the first, second and fourth of which have the same rhyme, while the third usually (but not always) remains rhymelesswas first successfully introduced into Persian literature as the exclusive vehicle for subtle thoughts on the various topics of Sufic mysticism by the sheikh Ab Said bin Abulkhair.  However, the Raubaiyat of Omar Khayyam differs in its treatment considerably from Ab Said. Although some of Khayyam's quatrains are purely mystic and pantheistic, most of them bear quite another stamp; they are the breviary of a radical freethinker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKhayyam has often been called the Voltaire of the East. As far as purity of diction, fine wit, crushing satire against a debased and ignorant clergy, and a general sympathy with suffering humanity are concerned, Khayyam certainly reminds us of the great Frenchman; but there the comparison ceases. Voltaire never wrote anything equal to Omars fascinating rhapsodies in praise of love, and his passionate denunciations of a malevolent and inexorable fate which dooms to slow decay or sudden death and to eternal oblivion all that is great, good and beautiful in this world. There is a touch of Byron, Swinburne and even of Schopenhauer in many of his poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eABOUT SUFI PHILOSOPHY AND SUFISM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSufism is defined by its adherents as the inner, mystical dimension of Islam. A practitioner of this tradition is generally known as a Sufi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassical Sufi scholars have defined Sufism as \"a science whose objective is the reparation of the heart and turning it away from all else but God\". Alternatively, in the words of one Sufi teacher, \"a science through which one can know how to travel into the presence of the Divine, purify one's inner self from filth, and beautify it with a variety of praiseworthy traits\".\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClassical Sufis were characterised by their attachment to dhikr (a practice of repeating the names of God) and asceticism. Sufis have spanned several continents and cultures over a millennium, at first expressed through Arabic, then through Persian, Turkish and a dozen other languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome mainstream scholars of Islam define sufism as simply the name for the inner or esoteric dimension of Islam. However, other scholars believe that the Sufi philosophy is universal in nature, its roots predating the rise of Islam and the other modern-day religions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEXCERPT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor some we loved, the loveliest and best\u003cbr\u003eThat from His rolling vintage Time has pressed,\u003cbr\u003eHave drunk their glass a round or two before,\u003cbr\u003eAnd one by one crept silently to rest\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut helpless pieces in the game He plays\u003cbr\u003eUpon this chequer-board of Nights and Days\u003cbr\u003eHe hither and thither moves, and checks ... and slays\u003cbr\u003eThen one by one, back in the Closet lays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Moving Finger writes: and, having writ,\u003cbr\u003eMoves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit\u003cbr\u003eShall lure it back to cancel half a Line,\u003cbr\u003eNor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.","brand":"Classics of Sufi Philosophy and Sufism Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47163586445552,"sku":"2940014794404","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014794404_p0.jpg?v=1763615987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014794404","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}