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The Legendary Life and Poetry of Islams First Woman Sufi Saint Rabia alAdawiyya:: Tracing the Path of Her Story as Evidence for,Used
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Monte's literary criticism approaches three different accounts about Islams acclaimed first female Sufi Saint Rabia alAdawiyya, and analyzes the development of her legend according to the surrounding historical and religious factors of her historians. Monte argues that these factors conditioned the retelling of Rabias legend, a story that began with her name and flourished into a popular Muslim account of spiritual strength and societal defiance to empower Islamic women and men. Although one cannot assure why the earliest biographers chose to pass on Rabias story, each of these male authors acted as a feminist Prometheus, that is, the spark of Rabia alAdawiyya was breathed into the Muslim tradition so that centuries later stories of her womanhood and strength continue to be transmitted and translated, crossing cultural and societal boundaries to share her teachings. The first portion of this novel deals with one of the earliest Sufi documents that mentions Rabia. Arthur John Arberrys translation of The Doctrine of the Sufis (Kitab alTarruf limadhhab ahl altasawwuf of Kalabadhi) written by Abu Bakr alKalabadhi in the late tenth century preserves the sayings and anecdotes attributed to Rabia and to other Sufis. The second account of Rabias legend translated by Arthur John Arberry and written by Farid UdDin Attar during the twelfth century is Muslim Saints and Mystics, or the Memorial of the Saints,. The last and most recent account of Rabia is Dr. Nabil Safwats translation of the book entitled First Among Sufis: The Life and Thought of Rabia alAdawiyya written by Widad El Sakkakini, an Arabic woman novelist. El Sakkakini reinterprets the legendary Rabia, and remolds her life so that it is more accessible for today's modern Muslim woman.
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