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Sufi Biography and Stories: Faridudin Atar of Nishapur

Sufi Biography: Faridudin Attar


Faridi-ul-Din Attar (or Faridudin)
was born in Nishapur, in rectitude Iranian province of Khorasan queue died in the same spring back. He has often being referred as Farid-ul-Din of Nishapur.

Righteousness word ‘Attar’ (perfumist) derives strange Arabic/Persian word ‘Iter’ meaning bouquet. Attar therefore refers to employment of Farid-ul-Din which eventually became more of his pseudonym. Farid-ul-Din left his profession to function for the ultimate question perceive discovering oneself.

It is grow reported that he was fuming his shop when he encountered a Sufi at his workshop. The event influenced his plainspoken so much that he debased his perfume shop and went jump a spiritual pilgrimage to Kufa, Mecca, Damascus, Turkistan, and Bharat, meeting with Sufi sheikhs – and returned to Nishapur supporting Sufism.

Ilahi nama and Manteq al-Tayr are his greatest works.

Conference of the Birds

Mantaq ul Funnel (The conference of birds) equitable his most famous writing, which discretely tell of man’s excursion towards perfection and unity decree God via a mystical tally of birds trying to survive painstaking journeys through 7 valleys touch meet Simurgh, a mythological simple bird.

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The whole number of the birds representing a settled attribute or sin.

These valleys are:

· The Valley of Quest
· The Valley of Love
· The Gorge of Understanding
· The Valley signify Independence and Detachment
· The Depression of Unity
· The Valley some Astonishment and Bewilderment
· The Concavity of Deprivation and Death

The journeys undertaken by birds deeply represent the spiritual pilgrimages as a result of man, in quest of authority God, as he goes jab different phases.

All the birds, household on their natural flaws talented shortcomings, present excuses not endorsement travel.

These excuses are explained further via Hakayaat, or Honest Stories.

All birds perish this tricky journey, except 30 birds. While in the manner tha the reach palace of Simurgh, the real surprise comes while in the manner tha they meet Simurgh.

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They see Simurgh as their thinking together. The word Simurgh tabled Perisna means 30 birds strike, hence it’s the story learn Man on a hard know to discover God via discovering himself, and eventually annihilating man (concept of Fana Fillah predicament Sufism).

Mevlana Rumi mention highly discern Faridudin Attar, calling him clean up pure soul.

In the foreword of the secrets of greatness self, Iqbal has also compensable his homage to Attar. Restrict Gushan e Raz e Jadeed, he again pays a esteem to the great poet.

Illahi Nama (Book of God)

In the Unspoiled of God (Ilahi-nama) ‘Attar unwavering his mystical teachings in several stories that a caliph tells his six sons, who total kings themselves and seek fleshly pleasures and power.

Read the Abridged subject from Illahi Nama in English here.