What can a man, dressed in ragsand apparently mad, teach us about life? Everything as it turnsout. Bahlool who lived in Baghdad, 8th Century AD, pretended to bemad so as to escape the oppression of the ruling class. Now free ofthe burden of normalcy he dispensed wisdom in strange and amusingways. The Wise Fool of Baghdad is a collection of these truestories, richly illustrated in the Turkish-Iranian miniature style.Every story is followed by sacred verses of the Quran andtraditional sayings, inscribed in Arabic by Muqtar Ahmed, one ofIndia's finest Islamic calligraphers. Get the book. In the crazy times we live in, you'll probablyneed a lunatic to make sense of it all. About the Author Mohammed Ali Vakil & Mohammed Arif Vakil are brothers & founders of SufiStudios. They grew up in Dubai where they attended a localCommunity Madrasah. They've been hearing the wonderful stories ofBahlool from a very young age. These stories of his wisdom &wit were narrated to them as children in their Madrasah (IslamicSchool) and later in Majalis (Islamic gatherings) where Scholarswould explain the spiritual teachings in Islam for the young andold. Since the time they started the Sufi Comics series, creating abook like this was always on their minds. Bahlool was such aninspiring figure in history that they wanted to dedicate an entirebook with just his stories. Both Ali and Arif have a keen interest in Spirituality &Personal Productivity. They currently reside in Bangalore, Indiaand work together in their family real estate business, VakilHousing. You can read more about their work & upcomingpublications on www.suficomics.com. The artist of the book, Rahil Mohsin is a freelance artistwho has graduated with a B.A. Honours in 3D Animation from ICAT. Hehas had a passion for Comics from a very young age, and has beendrawing the comic strips series Mom & Me for Teachers PlusMagazine . In 2012 he teamed up with Ali & Arif to work on thebook, The Wise Fool of Baghdad. Table of Contents Orig

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