The Story of Layla & Majnun

Classic Persian legend, a favorite of the Sufis, as told by twelfth-century poet Nizami.

An English translation of Nizami’s twelfth-century poetic masterpiece, in which he reshapes the legends of Majnun, the quintessential romantic fool, into a tale of the ideal lover, an allegory of the soul’s search for God. Includes a final chapter translated especially for this edition by Omid Safi and Pir Zia Inayat Khan.

• | Author: Nizami, Rudolph Gelpke, Pir Zia Inayat Khan, Omid Safi
• | Publisher: Omega Publications,U.S.
• | Publication Date: Feb 01, 1996
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780930872526
• | ISBN-10: 0930872525