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Shams al-Din Ahmad Aflaki

Author of The Whirling Ecstacy

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El historiador Shamsu-Din Al-Aflaki recopiló una serie de anécdotas sobre la vida y enseñanzas de Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi, fundador en el siglo XIII de la Orden Mevlevi (derviches giróvagos), así como de sus antecesores y sucesores. El tí­tulo original de la obra "Manaqib al Arifin" significa literalmente "elogios de los sabios mí­sticos" y su estilo -narrar la vida de los derviches mediante hechos extraordinarios o milagrosos- es un método clásico entre los sufí­es; ya que, más que ajustarse a la veracidad histórica de lo narrado, pretender causar un impacto en la mente de quienes lo escuchan o leen. -
The historian Shamsu-Din Al-Aflaki compiled a series of anecdotes about the life and teachings of Mevlana Jalaludin Rumi, founder in the 13th century of the Mevlevi Order (whirling dervishes), as well as his predecessors and successors. The original title of the work "Manaqib al Arifin" literally means "praises of the mystic sages" and its style - to narrate the life of the dervishes through extraordinary or miraculous events - is a classic method among the Sufis; since, rather than adjusting to the historical truth of the narrated, pretend to cause an impact on the minds of those who hear or read it.
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