Syair Syurga a devotional literary text in an early Malay printed book from Sumatra
This paper discusses an early twentieth century Malay literature that could be called ‘sastra dakwah’ (religious proselytizing literature), in the broader category of ‘sastra Islam’ (Islamic literature). Entitled Syair Syurga, it outlines tarekat teachings about the levels of consciousness and gi...
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Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1154/1/sari27%281%29-2009%5B05%5D.pdf |