Considerado el más grande poeta contemporáneo, Sayd Bahaudín Majruh, conocido y reputado tanto por su talla intelectual como por su tolerancia y su espíritu visionario, no ha cesado de alertarnos, a través de sus escritos contra las histerias de la Historia. En 1987, un año antes de su asesinato por fanáticos de la intolerancia, recopiló estos cuentos y aforismos sufíes. Junto a maestros como Jami, Attar, Rumi o Ibn el Arabi, una cuarentena de otros maestros sufíes desde el siglo XI al XV componen esta antología incisiva y sonriente que aporta otra visión del Islam y una forma poco común de acercarse a Dios. SAYD BAHAUDIN MAJRUH -Afganistán, 1928 - Pakistán, 1988- nos ha dejado una obra extensa y en su mayor parte inédita entre la que destacan los excelentes libros-espejos "El viajero de medianoche" y "La risa de los amantes", así como recopilaciones y reescritura de poesías orales tradicionales, "El suicidio y el canto" y esta obra, una joya de textos sufíes de maestros clásicos que nos acerca a Dios desde el humor y la ironía. - Considered the greatest contemporary poet, Sayd BahaudÃn Majruh, known and reputed both for his intellectual stature and for his tolerance and visionary spirit, has not stopped warning us, through his writings against the hysteria of History. In 1987, a year before his murder by fanatics of intolerance, he compiled these Sufi tales and aphorisms. Along with masters such as Jami, Attar, Rumi or Ibn el Arabi, a quarantine of other Sufi masters from the eleventh to the fifteenth century compose this incisive and smiling anthology that provides another vision of Islam and an unusual way of approaching God. SAYD BAHAUDIN MAJRUH -Afghanistan, 1928 - Pakistan, 1988- has left us an extensive and mostly unpublished work, among which are the excellent book-mirrors "The Midnight Traveler" and "The Laughter of Lovers", as well as Compilations and rewriting of traditional oral poems, "Suicide and singing" and this work, a jewel of Sufi texts by classical masters that brings us closer to God from humor and irony.… (more)
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Considered the greatest contemporary poet, Sayd BahaudÃn Majruh, known and reputed both for his intellectual stature and for his tolerance and visionary spirit, has not stopped warning us, through his writings against the hysteria of History. In 1987, a year before his murder by fanatics of intolerance, he compiled these Sufi tales and aphorisms. Along with masters such as Jami, Attar, Rumi or Ibn el Arabi, a quarantine of other Sufi masters from the eleventh to the fifteenth century compose this incisive and smiling anthology that provides another vision of Islam and an unusual way of approaching God. SAYD BAHAUDIN MAJRUH -Afghanistan, 1928 - Pakistan, 1988- has left us an extensive and mostly unpublished work, among which are the excellent book-mirrors "The Midnight Traveler" and "The Laughter of Lovers", as well as Compilations and rewriting of traditional oral poems, "Suicide and singing" and this work, a jewel of Sufi texts by classical masters that brings us closer to God from humor and irony.… (more)