Tarjuman al-Ashwaq

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Tarjuman al-Ashwaq is a celebrated collection of mystical love poems by the Sufi philosopher Ibn Arabi, renowned for its rich symbolic and spiritual imagery.

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instanceOf Sufi poetry
mystical love poetry
poetry collection
approximateDate early 13th century
associatedWith Akbarian school of Sufism
Sufism
surface form: Andalusian Sufism
author Ibn Arabi
centuryOfComposition 13th century
circulation manuscript tradition in the Islamic world
contains imagery of separation and union
metaphors of wine and intoxication
symbolic references to the Beloved
countryOfOrigin Andalusia
surface form: Al-Andalus
genre love poetry
mystical poetry
hasAudience Sufi practitioners
readers of classical Arabic poetry
students of Islamic mysticism
hasCommentaryByAuthor Ibn Arabi
hasForm qasida-style poems
hasInterpretation allegorical reading as expressions of divine love
literal reading as human love poetry
hasTitleMeaning Interpreter of Desires
influenced Persian mystical poets
later Sufi poetry
influencedBy Islamic mysticism
Prophetic traditions
Quranic imagery
language Arabic
literaryForm lyric poetry
literaryTradition classical Arabic poetry
mainTheme divine love
mystical union with God
notableFor rich symbolic imagery
spiritual imagery
relatedWorkByAuthor Fusus al-Hikam
al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya
religiousTradition Sufism
spiritualFunction contemplation of divine beauty
instruction in mystical love
studiedIn Islamic studies
comparative literature
religious studies
subjectOf debates on the nature of mystical love
scholarly studies on Sufi symbolism

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