{"product_id":"salvation-of-the-true-rock-john-r-mabry-9781937002091","title":"Salvation of the True Rock: The Sufi Poetry of Najat Ozkaya","description":"\u003cp\u003eNajat Ozkaya was born in Konya, Turkey, in the 14th century CE. His father was a Sufi teacher, and Najat assumed his mantle upon his death. Najat's poetry is similar to the Sufi poetry of Rumi or Hafiz, centered on the relationship of the soul with its Beloved, Allah. Najat's writings were thought to be lost to the world, until religion scholar John Mabry discovered a hand-copied manuscript in the Bu Bir Şaka mosque. Translating in the free, contemporary style of Coleman Barks' Rumi or Daniel Ladinsky's renderings of Hafiz, Mabry has brought Najat back to life, restoring his challenging yet oddly comforting poetry to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e...except of course, that all of the above is nonsense. Najat Ozkaya never existed. He is the invention of the poet and religion scholar Mabry. Mabry didn't discover any long lost text, he just wrote a bunch of poems in the style of Rumi and Hafiz. And you know what? If you like Rumi or Hafiz, we're betting you'll like Najat too, whether he actually existed or not.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John R. Mabry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937002098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937002091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Apocryphile Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 162\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.35d","brand":"John R. Mabry","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440148164863,"sku":"9781937002091","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1e78b63-5090-49a2-9774-dc3f1b882356.jpg?v=1777180515","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/salvation-of-the-true-rock-john-r-mabry-9781937002091","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}