Iman Ibrahim – författare

My road to love in the shade of the Qur'an began in Ramadan 2025 to find a poetic expression of Qur'anic love and tension between the sexes, their togetherness and the absence of a perfect unity in a continuous dialectic between closeness and distance on a philosophical and mystical journey. The first poems of the collection were about fateful, mystical symbols, emotions and spiritual perceptions in a philosophical dream world full of illusions. This 4th volume is the point of arrival. The life of the butterfly consists of four phases, such as the year, which is made up of four seasons, or the life, which is made up of four time periods. However, the endpoint reached by the metamorphosis of the butterfly is not static, but expresses the dynamism of the dance of the loving butterfly, a symbol of spiritual transformation and permanent movement in its dance of spiritual and physical rebirth. The shade allows the butterfly to survive in the hot sun, in which J. W. v. Goethe and Hafiz condemn it to the flame death, as we will see in "e;The Essence of the Delicate Butterfly"e;, while in my love dance the butterfly survives the metamorphosis without dying to become, but to come and remain as dance partner of the sun, protected by the shade. The Muslim love in the shade of the Qur'an means justice, closeness to Allah and devotion to the partner. From a feminist perspective, the great turn of the fairy tale comes when devotion takes the initiative and breaks into the garden of the beloved man. Entirely within the meaning of a biographical poetry therapy, the book is an existential, Muslim path towards love in the ideal sense and a reflection of the desire for love in a searching heart. This winter volume includes only two new poems addressed to the love of my life. Muslim love means devotion, faith in Allah, love dance of humility and healing of the soul in a worship attitude towards the creator of this wonderful dialectical togetherness in this hard earthly life.

In the present article, the author Dr. phil. Milena Rampoldi intro-duces some parallels as well as differences between two great works of world literature: the Divine Comedy of the Florentine poet Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) on the one hand and the Letter of Forgiveness of the Abbasid poet Abi 'Ala al-Ma'arri (973-1057) on the other. In this context, she also explains the philosophical foundations of this comparison. For Dr. Rampoldi, the topic of these parallelisms and/or differences is ostensibly eschatological or soteriological and concerns the view of paradise. The author is convinced that works such as these at the interface between literature, theology and philosophy can help to renew and advance the dialogue between two major world religions, that of Christianity and that of Islam. If we draw on the literary heritage of the tradition of the two religions and deal with the similarities and differences, we will also be able to avoid pseudo-tolerant attitudes on the one hand and extreme dialectics on the other in the current historical situation as well as in political work today. In this respect, the author writes: "e;In my opinion, literature and philosophy always deal with universal topics that can be found in many cultures and religions. I would like to support this endeavour with the following article, in which I will discuss, among other things, the biography of the two poets, their religious-psychological standpoints, their subjective attitude towards the transcendent and the tradition of their religion, their fatalism and their skeptical attitude."e;The author writes: "e;I would like to make a modest attempt to show some parallels and differences between these two great works of world literature by also briefly explaining their philosophical foundations. For me personally, the topic of these parallelisms is ostensibly eschatological or soteriological and concerns the view of paradise."e;