I always thought, that it’s just Rumi who writes in magical tones you cannot get over. But once I read, Ibn Arabi, I am dead sure, it’s not the poet who has the magical overtones in his writings but it’s the common element in them, that has. It’s but Sufism. No matter who you read- Rumi, Shams Tabrizi, Ibn Arabi or anyone in that context, they all point to the One reality- the One magician. Sufism, I believe, is about Him and not about them. So now, let’s forget the poets and read the poems. They are all one, after all.
The Black Knight of Arabia: Antarah ibn Shaddad
When you think of concepts like honor, courtly love, and noblesse oblige, you likely conjure up images of European knights in steel-plate armor, mounted…