Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul\'s search for meaning.
Attar\'s beguiling anecdotes and humor intermingle the sublime with the mundane, the spiritual with the worldly, while his poem models the soul\'s escape from the mind\'s rational embrace..
He recounts the perilous journey of the world\'s Birds to the faraway peaks of Mount Qaf, in search of the mysterious Simorgh, their king.
Considered by Rumi to be "the master" of Sufi mystic poetry, Attar is best known for this epic poem, a magnificent allegorical tale about the soul\'s search for meaning