Ginan-E-Sharif, Our Wonderful Trandition, Transliteration of Holy Ginans

(Canada): H.H. The Agakhan Shia Imami Ismailia Association for Canada, 1977. First Edition. Wraps. First Canadian edition. Softcover, 8.25 x 5.5 inches, good plus with light wear, a couple notes and marks in pencil. Very uncommon in any edition. 96 pp, transliterated but NOT translated. From wikipedia: Ginans are devotional hymns or poems recited by Shia Ismaili Muslims. Literally meaning gnosis, ginans are the devotional literature of the Nizari Ismailis of South Asia, spanning topics of divine love, cosmology, rituals, eschatology, ethical behavior and meditation. Ranging from three verses to hundreds of pages, ginans are attributed to the Pirs, who were second only to the Imams in the Ismaili hierarchy. t was originally an oral rendition mostly by Pirs, first among whom to come to South Asia was Pir Satgurnur in the 12th century. Ginans are composed in many languages of South Asia, especially Gujarati, Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Burushaski and many more. They are based on verses from the Quran. Like Ginans, Qaseedas are recited in Arabic, Persian or Tajik by Ismailis in Central Asia, Iran and Syria. Ismailis from the subcontinent recite these as well as Arabic and Persian qasidas which are recited before or after the prayer in the Jama'at Khana. OCLC locates only a few copies of any edition of this. Good. Item #h46178

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