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True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart
₦2,500- Paperback: 128 pages
- Publisher: Shambhala; Reprint edition (October 11, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1590309391
- ISBN-13: 978-1590309391
- Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 0.4 x 6.7 inches
Love might not be what we think it is. We all seek the happiness that comes from loving and being loved, yet we often find ourselves dissatisfied in our relationships and unable to grasp the cause. Thich Nhat Hanh here shows the way to overcome our recurrent obstacles to love—by learning to be mindful, open, and present with ourselves and others. As he explains, “training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice deep looking directed toward the person you love. Because if you do not understand this person, you cannot love properly. Understanding is the essence of love.”
This quintessential guide to loving also introduces the four key aspects of love described in the Buddhist tradition—loving-kindness, compassion, joy, and freedom—and describes many simple and direct ways in which we can practice authentic love in our everyday lives.
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Rumi: The Masnavi Book 2
₦4,500- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; New Ed. / edition (October 15, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0199549915
- ISBN-13: 978-0199549917
- Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 0.7 x 5 inches
Book Two of Rumi’s Masnavi is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress along the mystical path.
The most influential Sufi poem ever written, the six books of the Masnavi are often called “the Qur’an in Persian”. Book Two is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress along the mystical path. By interweaving amusing stories and profound homilies, Rumi instructs his readers in a style that still speaks directly to them.
Here, Jawid Mojaddedi has translated the text into accessible rhyming couplets, as he did for Oxford’s award-winning edition of Book One. This edition–the first ever verse translation of Book Two, and the first translation of any kind for over eighty years–is the closest English speakers can come to understanding the true beauty of this classic work.
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Rumi: The Masnavi Book 1
₦4,500- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (October 15, 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0199552312
- ISBN-13: 978-0199552313
- Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 1 x 5 inches
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Rumi: The Book of Love
₦3,500Now in paperback, this is the definitive collection of America′s bestselling poet Rumi′s finest poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks′ delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out.
′There are lovers content with longing.
I′m not one of them.′
Rumi is best known for his poems expressing the ecstasies and mysteries of love of all kinds – erotic, divine, friendship -and Coleman Barks collects here the best of those poems, ranging from the ′wholeness′ one experiences with a true lover, to the grief of a lover′s loss, and all the states in between: from the madness of sudden love to the shifting of a romance to deep friendship – these poems cover all ′the magnificent regions of the heart′.
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: HarperOne; Reprint edition (January 18, 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0060750502
- ISBN-13: 978-0060750503
- Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.6 x 8 inches
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Rumi: Selected Poems
₦4,000- Paperback: 310 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books (July 1, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140449531
- ISBN-13: 978-0140449532
- Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5 x 0.8 inches
Thirteenth-century Persian philosopher, mystic, scholar and founder of the order of the Whirling Dervishes, Rumi was also a poet of transcendental power. His inspirational verse speaks with the universal voice of the human soul and brims with exuberant energy and passion. Rich in natural imagery from horses to fishes, flowers to birds and rivers to stars, the poems have an elemental force that has remained undiminished through the centuries. Their themes – tolerance, goodness, the experience of God, charity and awareness through love – still resonate with millions of readers around the world.
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When Mystic Masters Meet By Dr. Syafaatun Almirzanah
₦7,500This book When Mystic Masters Meet By Dr. Syafaatun Almirzanah is a study of the role of mystical discourse and experience can play in Christian-Muslim dialogue as a subset of interfaith dialogue in general.
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The Forbidden Rumi: The Suppressed Poems of Rumi on Love, Heresy, and Intoxication
₦6,000- Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Inner Traditions; Tra edition (February 14, 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1594771154
- ISBN-13: 978-1594771156
- Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
The first collection of poems translated into English from the forbidden volume of the Divan of Rumi
• Presents Rumi’s most heretical and free-form poems
• Includes introductions and commentary that provide both 13th-century context and modern interpretation
After his overwhelming and life-altering encounters with Shams of Tabriz, Rumi, the great thirteenth-century mystic, poet, and originator of the whirling dervishes, let go of many of the precepts of formal religion, insisting that only a complete personal dissolving into the larger energies of God could provide the satisfaction that the heart so desperately seeks. He began to speak spontaneously in the language of poetry, and his followers compiled his 44,000 verses into 23 volumes, collectively called the Divan.
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Farid Attar: The Conference of the Birds
₦3,600- Series: Penguin Classics
- Paperback: 240 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Classics; Re-issue edition (July 3, 1984)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140444343
- ISBN-13: 978-0140444346
- Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.6 x 8 inches
Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar’s great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism – an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God – it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king, the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey, the birds soon express their reservations to their leader, the hoopoe. With eloquence and insight, however, the hoopoe calms their fears, using a series of riddling parables to provide guidance in the search for spiritual truth. By turns witty and profound, The Conference of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry.
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The Commanding Self
₦7,000- Paperback: 332 pages
- Publisher: Octagon Press, Limited; New edition edition (June 1, 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0863040705
- ISBN-13: 978-0863040702
- Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 1 inches
The commanding self in Sufi terminology is that mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, which inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding. The book serves to illustrate and amplify Idries Shah’s preceding (over 20) books on the Sufi Way.
Described by the author as a key to the entire corpus of his work, The Commanding Self describes the mixture of primitive and conditioned responses, common to everyone, that inhibits and distorts human progress and understanding. This book is designed to offer a way to transcend the limits imposed by this “commanding self.”
While complete in itself as an anthology of hitherto unpublished work, the book serves to illustrate and amplify Idries Shah’s preceding books on the Sufi Way. Based on tales, lectures, letters, and interviews, it offers both an introduction to Sufi thought and further study for those already acquainted with Shah’s writings.
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Black Taj Mahai – a Sufi Love Story
₦3,500According to Shemiza Rashid of the Creative Muslim Network, Black Taj Mahal is “…an enigmatic book that takes you beyond a Spiritual Journey..” A journey of two souls that parallel the meeting of the drop with the Ocean. An easy witty narrative that begins in London and ends in the mystical Black Taj Mahal. Illustrated with Islamic Calligraphy and Mughal inspired miniatures, the spiritual fantasy can be interpreted on many levels. Poetry, coloured in a contemporary style, is embedded in the story to create another dimension within the paperback. The book includes a handy non-fiction section and is the perfect present from one spiritual lover to another. Whether you are young or old, beast or flower, there is something in this book for everyone; a real breath of sunlight.
- Paperback: 161 pages
- Publisher: al-Oblong Books (July 1, 2010)
- ISBN-10: 1905015089
- ISBN-13: 978-1905015085
- Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
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Turning the Tide: Reawakening the Woman’s Heart and Soul
₦4,500Author: Suma Din
Publisher: The Islamic Foundation
Size/Vol.: A5 (14.8×21 cm – 5.83×8.27 inch)
ISBN : 9780860373995
Language : English-
Pages: 178-
Binding: PaperBack
Size: Medium – 20 x 20 x 1 cm-Turning the Tide: Reawakening the Woman’s Heart and Soul
In ‘Turning the Tide’, Suma Din takes the reader on a journey through the stages of life, from the inception of the soul to the end of life on earth. Words of wisdom, guidance and compassion from the Qur’an and sayings of the Prophet Muhammad pave the way, and inspire the reader to reawaken their heart and soul. With contemporary thoughts and voices flowing through the book, this voyage is one of contemplation, discovery and self-knowledge. -
Tulip in the Desert: A Selection of the Poetry of Muhammad Iqbal
₦3,000The national poet of Pakistan, Muhammed Iqbal (1887-1938), is widely credited with having lanched the idea of a seperate Muslim homeland which came to fruition with Jinnah’s campaign for an independent Pakistan. However, Iqbal is best known for his Persian and Urdu poetry, which with its deep philosophical insights, has captured the minds of many readers. This translation presents in English a representative selection of Iqbal’s works.
- Paperback: 184 pages
- Publisher: Mcgill Queens Univ Pr (December 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0773520376
- ISBN-13: 978-0773520370
- Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches