Yusuf and Zulaikha

A romantic tale which, as sheer gripping entertainment, bears comparison with the finest in any age or country. Described in the Koran as "the most beautiful of stories," the romance of Yusuf and Zulaikha is a theme to which Eastern poets have constantly returned. Undoubtedly, in Jami's deeply moving and thought-provoking version, it finds its finest expression. Written by the great Sufi poet in 1483 A.D., this masterpiece explores the intimate and many-leveled relationship between love and beauty and portrays erotic and divine love, not as irre-concilable opposites, but as an allegorical continuum.Jami, Hakim is the author of 'Yusuf and Zulaikha', published 1980 under ISBN 9780900860775 and ISBN 0900860774.