Publication – English
Nur Muhammad Shah: The Perishable Body and The Poverty of Fatima
An Anthology of Ismaili Literature: A Shi’i Vision of Islam, 2008
Abstract:
Nur Muhammad Shah (d. ca. 940/1534), the son of Sayyid Imam Shah, was a prolific Ismaili poet and preacher who settled in Gujarat, India. His most famous Ginan composition is the Satveni moti, a mystical treatise of over 200 cantos. Many passages of this poem, including those translated here, caution believers from becoming attached to the ephemeral world and urge them to work towards the everlasting life of the next world. Fatima al-Zahra the daughter of Prophet Muhammad, is praised as a paragon of resignation and spiritual love.
Cite this publication:
Virani, Shafique N. “Nūr Muḥammad Shāh: The Perishable Body and The Poverty of Fāṭima.” In An Anthology ofIsmaili Literature: A Shiʿi Vision of Islam. Edited by Hermann Landolt, Samira Sheikh and Kutub Kassam. Translatedby Shafique N. Virani, 318-321. London: I.B. Tauris, 2008.
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