Attar zugeschrieben
«Praise to the Creator of the soul and soul of the soul, who is both manifest and hidden.»
Falsch zugeschrieben
Urteil
Es steht nicht im Werk von Attar
Opening of the *Mazhar al-aja'ib*, a fifteenth-century Shi'ite poem composed by the Attar of Tun and ascribed for centuries to Farid al-Din; Sa'id Nafisi showed in 1941 that it belongs to that late namesake.
Was wirklich gesagt wurde
Belegte Worte von Attar
«Praise to the pure Creator of the soul, who gave the dust a soul and gave it faith.»
Mantiq al-tayr, dístico inicial («Fi al-tawhid»), texto persa según Ganjoor; traducciones propias.
«[The hoopoe] said: "There are seven valleys on our way; when you have crossed the seven valleys, there is the court."»
Mantiq al-tayr, «Excusas de las aves», respuesta de la abubilla (texto según Ganjoor); traducciones propias.
«When you go down into the valley of the quest, at every moment a hundred hardships will come before you.»
Mantiq al-tayr, «El valle de la búsqueda», v. 1 (texto según Ganjoor); traducciones propias.