A tale from al-Tha'labi's collection of stories of the Prophets.
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Aug 15, 2019
12 min
A story about a bird and the soul on a journey for true freedom by Ibn Sina/ Avicenna. Translation by Willard Trask and Henry Corbin.
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Jul 16, 2019
17 min
New mini-series on bird stories in the Islamic tradition! This episode is on a tale about a caged Parrot from the Masnavi of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi
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Jul 1, 2019
6 min
A story of patience and loss from the seerah of the Prophet SAW with details from al-Tabarī's telling.
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Jun 4, 2019
10 min
A story about getting lost at sea from al-Harirī's maqamāt! with thanks to Steinglass's masterful translations.
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Jun 4, 2019
7 min
Tales from Ibn Khallikan and Al-Safadī's works showcasing the humanness of notables and the allure of comedy and curiosity.
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Jun 4, 2019
6 min
Stories from Tabirī's tafsir on the first part of verse 2:102 of the Qur'an. I used some wordings from the Oxford translation of the text.
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May 30, 2019
5 min
An extract from the love story of Layla and Majnun as rendered by Nizamī (d. 1209 CE)
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May 30, 2019
6 min
A turkish folktale about a strange birth and its consequences
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May 30, 2019
10 min
An extract from a story in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa. Background info from IEP.
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May 29, 2019
4 min
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