Spiritual Verses
the First Book of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi
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- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
16 October 2006
Summary
This poem has been called ‘the Qu’ran of the Persian language.’
Begun in 1262 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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140447910 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140447911 |
| Author: | The Jalaluddin Rumi, Alan Williams |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 16 October 2006 |
| Weight: | 340g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 26mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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About The Author
The Jalaluddin Rumi
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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