The Masnavi, book one / Jalal al-Din Rumi ; translated with an introduction and notes by Jawid Mojaddedi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.

Contributor:

Mojaddedi, J. A. (Jawid Ahmad)

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Standardized Title:

Mas̲navī. Book 1. English. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sufi poetry, Persian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Other Title:

Masnavi, book 1

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and is sometimes called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes .In order to convey his message of divine love and unity he threaded together entertaining stories and penetrating homilies. Jawid Mojaddedi's sparkling new unabridged verse translation. of Book One follows the original in presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming coup

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; Note on the Translation; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Rumi; THE MASNAVI: BOOK ONE; Prose Introduction; The Song of the Reed; The Healing of the Sick Slave-Girl; The Bald Parrot and the Monk; The Jewish Vizier who Deceived the Christians into Following him and Destroyed them; The Description of Mohammad in the Gospels; The Jewish King who Tried to Destroy Christians with his fire; How a Hare Killed the Lion that had been Tormenting all the other Animals; The Greater Jihad; Omar and the Emissary from Byzantium; The Escape of the Merchant's Parrot; The Old Harpist

The Prayer of the Angels in Favour of Big SpendersThe Caliph Who Was More Generous than Hatem Ta'i; The Poor Bedouin and his Wife; The Sufi Guide; The Softie from Qazvin who Wanted a Tattoo; The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox; Sufis Serve as Mirrors of the Soul; The Gift Brought by Joseph's Visitor; The Prophet's Scribe who Became an Apostate; The Importance of Hiding your Mystical Station; The Painting Competition between

Notes:

Translated from the Persian.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxix]-xxx).

ISBN:

9780198966050

0198966059

9781280752360

128075236X

9780191516887

0191516880

9781435609419

1435609417

OCLC:

316604823