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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of the Free State 2022-06-01
Series:Acta Theologica
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Online Access:https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/6446
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