I say to it, “How can you deny it? Leave me alone, go away, why do you give me headaches?” It says, “No I won’t go. “They said, ‘Make an exegesis of the Koran for us.’ I said, ‘As you know, my exegesis is not from Muhammad, nor is it from God.
#Shams tabrizi esoteric quotes full
The full quote was translated by Chittick (p. al-Zamani’s book, a quote from the “Discourses of Shams” became well-known in Iran, known by the title of “The Third Script”. The best translations in English (of selections from Movvahed’s edition) are by Franklin Lewis, “Rumi Past and Present, East and West” (2000) and William Chittick, “Me and Rumi: The Autobiography of Shams-i Tabrizi” (2004).Īs result of Dr. The best current edition is by Movvahed, published in 1990, based on the oldest manuscripts (the best of which is believed to be in the handwriting of Soltân Valad, who was a disciple of Shams). The author (Saheb al-Zamani) used the edition of Ahmad Khôshnevîs, published in 1970 and now regarded as a poor edition. It is said to be an analysis of everything Shams was recorded as saying in the earliest Persian sources: the biographies of Sepasâlâr and Aflâkî (often legendary), as well as the “Discourses of Shams of Tabriz”, the words of Shams as recorded by his disciples. I understand that it is about 900 pages long and was published in 1972 in Iran.
REPLY: I have seen this book, but I did not buy it.
In response to my question, “Is one of the mystical secrets in which you believe a belief that Hazrat-é Shamsuddîn was an avatar of God?”-you asked if I was familiar with a Persian book, “The Third Script” by Dr.
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