Heighten the Mind

Shop Now

Shopping Cart

Your cart is empty now.

Shopping Cart

Your cart is empty now.

Sufi Comics: The Wise Fool of Baghdad-al-Burāq Sold out
$25.00

Author: Mohammad Ali Vakil and Mohammad Arif Vakil | ISBN: 9789350872291 | Paperback

What can a man dressed in rags and ostensibly mad teach us about life? Everything as it turns out. Bahlool who lived in Baghdad, circa the 8th century AD, feigned madness to escape the oppression of the ruling class, and he dispensed wisdom in strange and amusing ways. The Wise Fool of Baghdad is a collection of these true stories, richly illustrated in the Turkish-Iranian miniature style. Every story is followed by sacred verses of the Holy Qur’an and traditions, inscribed in Arabic by Muqtar Ahmed, one of India’s finest Islamic calligraphers. In the crazy times we live in, you will probably need a fool to make sense of it all.

Click here to be notified by email when this product becomes available.

You may also like

al-Burāq Publications Completed Publications

translation missing: en.general.search.loading