The Forty Rules of Love supplication

The Forty Rules of Love supplicationPaperback In this follow up to her acclaimed 2007 novel The Bastard of Istanbul, Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabriz that together incarnate the poet's timeless message of love. Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader

Amira needs to dig deep within herself to find the strength to make the long journey-- on foot-- to safety at a refugee camp

As she grew older

cultivate a gardener's mindset that combines ambition with contentment

can be translated as self-deception

But life on the family farm is boring

Healthy boundaries

cross vast planes to a Kingdom in Abyssinia and approach the extravagant fortresses of mighty Persia

Many years ago

Written by Asmaa Hussein

He knows Allah as He should be known

and accepted without question by the world’s governments—reinforce the regional status quo and include:

This book offers unique insights to prepare you for the journey to God in light of the wisdom of the great spiritual master Ibn Ata'illah al-Iskandari as expounded in his masterpiece al-Hikam and the universal laws as ordained by the Divine