Spiritual Verses : The first book of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi

Author(s): Jelaluddin Rumi

Inspirational Poems & Stories | Religion

Begun in 1244 AD, "Masnavi-ye Ma navi", or spiritual couplets', is thought to be the longest single-authored mystical' poem ever written. As the spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition, it teaches how to progress to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path - union with God. Jalaloddin Rumi was a poet and a mystic, but he was first a teacher; in these verses he draws the reader into the complexities of human love and separation and explains the path to divine love through the elimination of self-regard and worldly desires. Drawing on diverse sources from bawdy tales and fables to stories of the prophet Mohammed, these verses are brief in expression yet copious in meaning. This translation first published 2006.


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Called 'Jelaluddin Balkhi' by the Persians and Afghans, Rumi was born on September 30, 1207, in Balkh, Afghanistan, then a part of the Persian Empire. He was the greatest mystical poet of Persia, famous for his didactic epic Masnavi-ye Ma'navi (Spiritual Couplets), a treasure-house of Sufi mysticism. Rumi died on December 17, 1273. Alan Williams is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester.

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  • : 9780140447910
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : August 2006
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

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  • : Jelaluddin Rumi
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : 891.5511
  • : 464
  • : HR