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

Chronicles of the Crescent

Human Nonsense

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

Language of the Birds: The Challenge of the Phoenix

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.

Language of the Birds: To the Last Peak

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

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

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

Prophetic Patience 

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

The Discourse of Oman

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.

The Chest Beneath Suleymān's Tomb

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

Pity for the Wretch

A turkish folktale about a strange birth and its consequences&nbsp;

The Black Snake

An extract from a story in the Epistles of the Ikhwan al-Safa.&nbsp;Background info from IEP.

Man v. Animal

Islam

Religion et spiritualité

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/
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Human Nonsense

Chronicles of the Crescent

D'autres épisodes de "Chronicles of the Crescent"

Language of the Birds: The Challenge of the Phoenix

Language of the Birds: To the Last Peak

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

Prophetic Patience

The Discourse of Oman

Human Nonsense

The Chest Beneath Suleymān's Tomb

Pity for the Wretch

The Black Snake

Man v. Animal