Malayala sufi kavitha (മലയാള സൂഫീകവിത) is a Malayalam literature study
written by Dr. Munawar Hanih T T and published by Book Plus on 2023.
This book introduces Malayalam Sufi poetry and its concept, history and
culture. According to the writer, the Malayalam Sufi poems have been
orally transmitted from generation to generation. Numerous poets who
authored Sufi poetry were overlooked by mainstream literary
institutions. Through this book, the writer introduces the reader to
Malayalam Sufi poetry. The writer states by presenting a plethora of
poems and poets that the Malayalam Literature tradition should identify
this poem genre as a separate genre of poetry in the Malayalam Language
to enrich the Malayalam Literary tradition.
To gain a
comprehensive understanding of the Malayalam literary tradition and
Sufism, this book provides a quick overview of their respective
histories. Each poetry in the book is thoroughly examined, along with
its underlying ideas and meanings, so it does a lot more than reveal us
to it. The reader would be able to comprehend the wide range of Sufi
philosophy that each Sufi poet has incorporated into their lyrics after
reading this book. The most controversial or disputed Sufi ideas, such
as Wahdat Ul Wujud and Wahdat ul Shuhud, are presented in this poem. It
is essential to comprehend numerous Sufi ideas related to metaphysics,
epistemology, aesthetics, and ethics in order to comprehend this
Malayalam Sufi poem.
Notable literary critic and scholar M N
Karassery opines in his Foreword for this book that "Even the Sufiworks
among Mappilappattu genre did not get the recognition as it is
deserved. This is where this book becomes important".
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