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Attar
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Texts
Conference of the BirdsAttar's Mantiq al-Tayr — complete English translation from Classical Persian. The first free translation made directly from the Persian.The Book of AdviceThe complete Book of Advice by Farid ud-Din Attar — eight hundred and fifty-three couplets of wisdom on the soul, the self, and the way. First freely available English translation from Classical Persian. Good Works Translation.The Book of SecretsAttar's Asrar-nama — The Book of Secrets. 3,297 couplets on the mysteries of creation, the soul, and divine truth. First freely available English translation from Classical Persian. Translation in progress — Sections I–XI complete.The Declaration of GuidanceFirst English translation of the Bayan al-Irshad — a Classical Persian Sufi manual in 1,349 couplets on the path from theology to self-knowledge to practice, attributed to Attar of Nishapur.The Delight of the BelovedFirst English translation of Attar's Nuzhat al-Ahbab — an allegorical love poem between the Nightingale and the Rose, with the Morning Breeze as messenger and the Gardener as Death.The Display of WondersAttar's Mazhar al-Ajaib — The Display of Wonders. 1,050 couplets of mystical autobiography, Imamist theology, and narrative allegory. First English translation from Classical Persian.The Headless BookAttar's Bisar-nama — The Headless Book. 214 couplets on ego-death and divine union. First freely available English translation from Classical Persian.The Nightingale BookAttar's Bolbol-nama — The Nightingale Book. 597 couplets on love, truth, and the soul's journey to wisdom. First freely available English translation from Classical Persian.The Thirty ChaptersFirst English translation of Attar's Si Fasl — a Classical Persian poem in which an old sage poses thirty questions about God, love, poverty, prophecy, and the hidden light, and the poet answers them all.