Chronicles of the Crescent

Abdul Rahman Latif
  • 5.0 (4)
  • Islam

This sorta-weekly podcast focuses on stories drawn from across Islamic civilization. The language of the birds series tells (often mystical) tales of avians in islamic lit. The Ramadan blitz was a podcast-a-day series in Ramadan 1440/2019. Blog: https://samosazen.wordpress.com/ Insta: @arlatif24

  1. 08/15/2019

    Language of the Birds: The Challenge of the Phoenix

    A tale from al-Tha'labi's collection of stories of the Prophets.

  2. 07/16/2019

    Language of the Birds: To the Last Peak

    A story about a bird and the soul on a journey for true freedom by Ibn Sina/ Avicenna. Translation by Willard Trask and Henry Corbin.

  3. 07/01/2019

    Language of the Birds: The Merchant's gift from India

    New mini-series on bird stories in the Islamic tradition! This episode is on a tale about a caged Parrot from the Masnavi of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

  4. 06/04/2019

    Prophetic Patience

    A story of patience and loss from the seerah of the Prophet SAW with details from al-Tabarī's telling.

  5. 06/04/2019

    The Discourse of Oman

    A story about getting lost at sea from al-Harirī's maqamāt! with thanks to Steinglass's masterful translations.

  6. 06/04/2019

    Human Nonsense

    Tales from Ibn Khallikan and Al-Safadī's works showcasing the humanness of notables and the allure of comedy and curiosity.

  7. 05/30/2019

    The Chest Beneath Suleymān's Tomb

    Stories from Tabirī's tafsir on the first part of verse 2:102 of the Qur'an. I used some wordings from the Oxford translation of the text.

  8. 05/30/2019

    Pity for the Wretch

    An extract from the love story of Layla and Majnun as rendered by Nizamī (d. 1209 CE)

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About

This sorta-weekly podcast focuses on stories drawn from across Islamic civilization. The language of the birds series tells (often mystical) tales of avians in islamic lit. The Ramadan blitz was a podcast-a-day series in Ramadan 1440/2019. Blog: https://samosazen.wordpress.com/ Insta: @arlatif24

Information

  • Creator
    Abdul Rahman Latif
  • Years Active
    2019
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Abdul Rahman Latif
  • Show Website
    Chronicles of the Crescent