{"id":473,"date":"2013-01-31T01:11:52","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T06:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/?p=473"},"modified":"2013-03-13T22:55:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T03:55:56","slug":"love-and-beauty-unity-and-multiplicity-realization-and-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/01\/31\/love-and-beauty-unity-and-multiplicity-realization-and-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Love and Beauty, Unity and Multiplicity, Realization and Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three of my favorite verses of Arabic poetry (the last of which is from Ibn al-Farid) form a lovely meditation on these three topics (Love, Unity, and Truth), when taken together.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/3-waws.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"474\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/01\/31\/love-and-beauty-unity-and-multiplicity-realization-and-reason\/3-waws\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/3-waws.jpg?fit=400%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,394\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3 waws\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/3-waws.jpg?fit=400%2C394&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-474\" title=\"3 waws\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/3-waws.jpg?resize=400%2C394\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/3-waws.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/3-waws.jpg?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/3-waws.jpg?resize=304%2C300&amp;ssl=1 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/waws-dot2.jpeg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/01\/31\/love-and-beauty-unity-and-multiplicity-realization-and-reason\/waws-dot-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/waws-dot2.jpeg?fit=620%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"waws dot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/waws-dot2.jpeg?fit=584%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-510 aligncenter\" title=\"waws dot\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/waws-dot2-300x290.jpeg?resize=300%2C290\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/waws-dot2.jpeg?resize=300%2C290&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/waws-dot2.jpeg?resize=310%2C300&amp;ssl=1 310w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/waws-dot2.jpeg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6>&#8220;Various positions have those who love from (mere) passion<\/h6>\n<h6>But I have a unique place, in which I dwell alone.&#8221;<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0645\u0630\u0627\u0647\u0628 \u0634\u062a\u0649 \u0644\u0644\u0645\u062d\u0628\u0651\u064a\u0646 \u0641\u064a \u0627\u0644\u0647\u0648\u0649 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0648 \u0644\u064a \u0645\u062f\u0647\u0628 \u0641\u0631\u062f \u0623\u0639\u064a\u0634 \u0628\u0647 \u0648\u062d\u062f\u064a<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>Our expressions our many,<\/h6>\n<h6>and your beauty is one<\/h6>\n<h6>And it is to your beauty<\/h6>\n<h6>that all of them allude<\/h6>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0639\u0628\u0627\u0631\u0627\u062a\u0646\u0627\u00a0 \u0634\u062a\u0651\u0649 \u0648 \u062d\u0633\u0646\u0643 \u0648\u0627\u062d\u062f \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0648 \u0643\u0644\u0651 \u0625\u0644\u0649 \u0630\u0627\u0643 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u064a\u0634\u064a\u0631<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6>How often argument creates disputes amongst the clever<\/h6>\n<h6>and how often beauty mediates between the lovers<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"rtl\">\u0641\u0643\u0645 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u062d\u0630\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u062f\u0627\u0644 \u062a\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0639 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u0648\u0645\u0627 \u0628\u064a\u0646 \u0639\u0634\u0627\u0642 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0645\u0627\u0644 \u062a\u0646\u0627\u0632\u0639<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"738\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/01\/31\/love-and-beauty-unity-and-multiplicity-realization-and-reason\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic.jpg?fit=500%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"500,498\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1332976212&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic.jpg?fit=500%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-738\" title=\"surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic-300x298.jpg?resize=300%2C298\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic.jpg?resize=301%2C300&amp;ssl=1 301w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/files\/2013\/01\/surat-ikhlas-calligraphy-plaited-kufic.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/56owcBssTAw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" dir=\"rtl\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three of my favorite verses of Arabic poetry (the last of which is from Ibn al-Farid) form a lovely meditation on these three topics (Love, Unity, and Truth), when taken together.\u00a0 \u00a0 &#8220;Various positions have those who love from (mere) &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/2013\/01\/31\/love-and-beauty-unity-and-multiplicity-realization-and-reason\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4522,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[620,1],"tags":[65693,65691],"class_list":["post-473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arabic","category-uncategorized","tag-arabic-sufi-poetry","tag-related-poems"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7NI4C-7D","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4522"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sulaymanibnqiddees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}