Philosophical anecdotes surrounding the love story have illustrated a number of mystic concepts from Nezami’s work. Examples would be “the meaning of life”, “love madness”, “self sacrifice”, “annihilation” and so forth. In Persia, poets Rudaki and Baba Taher mention the lovers in their...
Layla is a name with Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, andLatin roots. It’s believed to derive from the proto-Semitic language responsible for Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, and Syriac. Variations of the word “layl,” meaning “night,” are found in those languages. In Judaism, the Sanhedrin mentions ...