The Diwan of Shaykh Muhammad ibn al-Habib, (1290/1871 - 1391/1972), is a masterful transmission of the essential teachings of the tasawwuf based squarely on the

One of the finest poets in post-Biblical Hebrew literature, in a major new translation.

Poems of 'Abid and 'Amir are found in other works but the 11th-century MS in the British Library on which this edition is based is unique. Both are tribal poets

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