A lesson in love: Farid al-Din Attar’s story of Sheikh San’an and the Christian girl
This article interprets the story of Sheikh San’an and the Christian girl from Attar’s The conference of the birds as a special case of interfaith love. The sheikh’s surprise meeting with the girl leads him to the painful insight that, although he is an accomplished and highly respected scholar, he...
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Main Author: | R. de Groot |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of the Free State
2022-06-01
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Series: | Acta Theologica |
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Online Access: | https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/6446 |
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