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This is a classic sufi text written by the Persian poet Farid Ud-Din Attar. In the poem, the birds of the world gather to decide who is to be their king, as they have none. The hoopoe, the wisest of them all, suggests that they should find the legendary Simorgh, a mythical Persian bird roughly equivalent to the western phoenix. The hoopoe leads the birds, each of whom represent a human fault which prevents man from attaining enlightenment. When the group of thirty birds finally reach the dwelling place of the Simorgh, all they find is a lake in which they see their own reflection. It is the Sufi doctrine that God is not external or separate from the universe, rather is the totality of existence. The thirty birds seeking the Simorgh realise that Simorgh is nothing more than their transcendent totality.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length1 hr 44 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 16, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PART 1. THE PARLIAMENT OF THE BIRDS - The Parliament of The Birds
2The Princess and The Dervish
3A Miser’s Fate
4A Handsome King
5Story of Shaykh San‘An
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6PART 2. ON TO THE CITY OF GOD - “On, To The Bound of The Waste, On, To The City of God”
7Sultan Mahmud and The Orphan Lad
8A Grave-Digger’s Experience
9A Saint’s Dream
10A King’s Palace
11A Father’s Love
12Shaykh Ahmed Guri and Sultan Sanjar
13A Faithful Infidel and A Deceitful Crusader
14The Magic Cup of Joseph
15The Advice of Satan
16Sultan Mahmud and Ayaz
17PART 3. THROUGH THE SEVEN VALLEYS - The Valley of The Quest
18Majnun’s Search of Layla
19Mahmud and The Rag-Picker
20The Valley of Love
21A Love-Sick Nobleman
22Majnun’s Stratagem
23The Valley of Knowledge
24The Man of Stone
25The Beloved Who Found Her Lover In The Arms of Morpheus
26A Love-Sick Sentinel
27Sultan Mahmud and The Fanatic
28The Valley of Detachment
29An Analogy From Astrology
30The Fly and The Bee-Hive
31The Valley of Unity
32Advice Given To A Shaykh By A Woman
33The Valley of Bewilderment and Stupefaction
34A Mother’s Grief
35The Lost Key
36The Valley of Poverty and Annihilation
37Nasir-Ud-Din Tusi’s Advice To His Disciple
38The Assemblage of Butterflies In Search of The Candle
39PART 4. RECEPTION AT THE ROYAL COURT
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