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Ibn Al-Farid

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in Cairo, Egypt

March 01, 1181

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Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; (Arabic: ابن الفارض) (22 March 1181 – 1234) was an Arab poet as well as a Sufi waliullah. His name is Arabic for "son of the obligator" (the one who divides the inheritance between the inheritors), as his father was well regarded for his work in the legal sphere. He was born in Cairo to parents from Hama in modern Syria, lived for some time in Mecca, and died in Cairo. His poetry is entirely Sufic and he was esteemed as the greatest mystic poet of the Arabs. Some of his poems are said to have been written in ecstasies.

Ibn al-Fāriḍ was arguably the most celebrated Sufi poet in the pre-modern Islamic world, with his poetry admired across both Arabic and Persian speaking regions of the Islamicate. The Persian poet Ja ...more

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	ديوان ابن الفارض by Ibn Al-Farid, ابن الفارض, درويش جويدي (Editor) 4.08 avg rating — 824 ratings — published 1963 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	المختار من أجمل أشعار ابن الفارض by Ibn Al-Farid, ابن الفارض, خالد عبد الإله (إعداد وتقديم) 4.17 avg rating — 102 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ʿUmar Ibn al-Fārid: Sufi Verse, Saintly Life (Classics of Western Spirituality by Ibn Al-Farid, Th. Emil Homerin (Translator), Michael A. Sells (Preface) 4.17 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poem of the Way by Ibn Al-Farid, A.J. Arberry (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ibn al-Farid: Wine & The Mystic's Progress by Ibn Al-Farid, Paul Smith (Translator) 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Ibn al-Farid by Ibn Al-Farid, Paul Smith (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	IBN AL-FARID: WINE & THE MYSTIC’S PROGRESS by Ibn Al-Farid, Paul Smith (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Diwan of Ibn al-Farid by Ibn Al-Farid, Paul Smith (Translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars