Sufi Comics: The Wise Fool of Baghdad

Author: Mohammed Ali Vakil
Translator(s)/ Editors(s): Mohammed Arif Vakil/Rahil Mohsin
Publisher: Sufi Studios
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 131
ISBN/UPC (if available): 9789350872291

Description

Find Wisdom in Foolishness… What can a man dressed in rags, and ostensibly mad teach us about life? Everything as it turns out. Bahlool who lived in Baghdad, circa the 8th century AD, feigned madness to escape the oppression of the ruling class. Now free of the burden of normalcy he dispensed wisdom in strange and amusing ways. The Wise Fool of Baghdad is a collection of these true stories, richly illustrated in the Turkish-Iranian miniature style. Every story is followed by sacred verses of the Qur'an and traditional sayings, inscribed in Arabic By Muqtar Ahmed, one of India's finest Islamic calligraphers. Get the book. In the crazy times we live in, you'll probably need a fool to make sense of it all.

Contents

1. Origins : Playing the Fool 2. The Poor Caliph 3. Would your dress, be my Guest 4. Dust to Dust 5. The Three questions 6. You don’t even know how to talk ! 7. Baghdad Legal 8. An Attitude of Gratitude 9. The Sound of Justice 10. What’s in a Mosque’s name ? 11. Daddy’s Little Girl