A rich and vibrant collection of stories that will be treasured by all
who wish to broaden their understanding of Islamic tales and
traditions.
Winner of the 2004 Aesop Prize, Ayat Jamilah: Beautiful Signs draws
from the core of Islamic spirituality and ethics, the Qur'an and the
hadiths, and also from a rich history of mystical verse, folk tales and
figures of the Islamic narrative. Ayat Jamilah gathers traditional
stories from the farthest reaches of the Muslim world, which stretches
from Morocco in the west to Indonesia in the east, and from China in the
north to Tanzania in the south. This singular anthology, with its
thorough explanatory notes, will be invaluable to anyone wishing to
understand, or to teach, geography, world history, or world religions.
It will also be treasured by Muslim families and by all parents
committed to broadening the lives and values of their children and
themselves.