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Pain and Passing Islamic Poems of Grief & Healing

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Author:
Joel S. A. Hayward
ISBN:
9781905837502
Publisher:
Claritas Books
Year:
2017
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Kids, Teens, Adults
Pages:
196
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Language:
English
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Written with rawness, honesty and pathos, these poems embrace the pain and heartbreak of loss and mourning and reveal the acute spiritual questioning that even devout believers inevitably experience. Written each day as the outpouring of a heart torn open by painful loss, this collection unfolds in a sequence that coincides with the stages of grief and healing. With deep spiritual insights, Hayward's beautiful poems shine a light on something often hidden away within Islamic discourse: the pain of loss and the wounded soul's pleas to God for explanation, restoration and solace. Ideal for Muslims and people of all faiths, and indeed even for those who profess no faith, these rich and evocative poems address issues that are often difficult to verbalize, especially by people trying to make sense of loss and struggling through the grieving process.

"This volume not only expresses all the shades of grief over the death of his beloved wife but also explores the wide range of emotional responses within himself to her passing away and to his changing memory of her"

- Dr Rafey Habib, Professor of English, Rutger's University

"Pain and Passing is a highly recommended work of art for anyone seeking answers to deeper questions about life and death, but also about the process of grieving and healing"

- Flamur Vehapi, author of A Cup with Rumi: Poetry

About the Author

Professor Joel Hayward, ZDaF, BA, MA Hons, PhD, FRSA, FRHistS

Professor Joel Hayward is a New Zealand-born British scholar, writer and poet who has held various academic posts, including Chair of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Khalifa University (UAE) and Dean of the Royal Air Force College (UK). He has earned ijazas in ʿAqīdah (theology) and Sirah (the Prophet's biography). He is the author or editor of many books of non-fiction, particularly in the fields of history and strategic studies, including Warfare in the Qur'an (2012). He has given strategic advice to political and military leaders in several countries, has given policy advice to prominent sheikhs, and was tutor to His Royal Highness Prince William of Wales. In 2011 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and in 2012 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. In October 2016 he was named as the "Best Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences" at the 2016 Middle East Education Leadership Awards.

Joel is also active in the literary arts. His first poetry collection, Lifeblood, appeared in 2003 to excellent reviews, and his second, Splitting the Moon: A Collection of Islamic Poetry, appeared in 2012 to equally strong praise. Poems from the Straight Path: A Book of Islamic Verse, his third major collection, appeared in 2017. In its glowing review, Passion Islam (Nov. 2017) stated:  "Hayward's journey of exploration, transformation and illumination forms the beating heart of this moving collection of poetry [which is] a timely and important work that reveals the struggle and profound insights of someone bridging cultures and faith traditions." A fourth collection, Pain and Passing: Islamic Poems of Grief and Healing, about the tragic death of his wife Kathy, appeared in 2018. His poems have also been published in many literary journals and magazines. He has published three collections of short stories.
 

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