The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi. Volume VI : containing the translations of the fifth and sixth books / Jalalu'ddin Rumi, edited from the oldest manuscripts available: with critical notes, translation, & commentary by Reynold A. Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne, 1868-1945, translator.

Series:

"E.J.W. Gibb memorial" series ; IV. 6.

"E.J.W. Gibb memorial" series. New series ; IV. 6

Language:

English

Persian

Subjects (All):

Sufi poetry, Persian--History and criticism.

Sufi poetry, Persian.

Sufi poetry, Persian--Translations into English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1175 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Cambridge, England] : E. J. W. Gibb Memorial Trust, 2001.

Language Note:

Persian

Summary:

Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi's great poem, the Mathnawi is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscripts, including the earliest, dated 1278 and preserved in the Mevlana Museum at Konya. It remains the standard text and is provided with diacritical marks to assist the student. The prose translation, similarly, is intended to be an exact and faithful guide to the Persian. The three volumes of English translation can either be bought as a set, or individually; together they comprise a complete translation.

Contents:

Cover; Full Title; Copyright; Introduction; Table of Contents; BOOK V; Preface (in prose); Proem; Parable of the Four Birds; Description of the Duck; The Prophet and the Greedy Infidel; The Light which is the Food of the Spirit; Description of the Peacock; Diversity of Intelligences; The Arab of the Desert and his Dog; The Sage and the Peacock; "No monkery in Islam"; Description of the Crow; The Gazelle in the Donkey-stable; Muhạmmad Khwárizmsháh and the people of Sabzawár; Description of the Cock; "The Lowest of the Low"; The two Worlds; The value of Works; "And He is with you"

The Man who claimed to be a ProphetThe Devoted Lover; The Disciple who imitated the Shaykh; The Maidservant and the Ass; Parable of the Parrot which is taught to speak by seeing its image in a mirror; The Puppies that barked before they were born; The People of Zạrwán; The Creation of Adam; The illusion of causes; Death and Resurrection; The infinite mercy of God; The Story of Ayáz; Laylá and Majnún; The Ascetic and his jealous Wife; The repentance of Nasụ́h; The Fox and the Ass; The Ass that envied the Arab horses; The Ascetic who made trial of his trust in God; Parable of the Camel

The effeminate YouthThe Man who was afraid of being taken for an Ass; Shaykh Muhạmmad Sar-razí of Ghazna; The Disciple in dread of hunger; The Cow in the green Island; The Christian ascetic who went about with a lamp in the day-time; Debate between a Moslem and a Magian on the subject of free-will; The Dervish who reproached God; The beauty of Laylá; A story of Júhị́; The Infidel and Báyazíd; The Muezzin with the harsh voice; The Cat and the Meat; The Amír and the Ascetic; Zịyá-yi Dalq and his Brother; Dalqak's game of Chess with the Sháh of Tirmid; The Prophet on Mount Hịrá

The World that is living, speaking, and hearingThe Guest who took offence and departed; A Father's advice to his married Daughter; The cowardly Sụ́fí; 'Iyádị́ and the Greater Warfare; The Man who tormented his Carnal Soul; The Caliph and the Captain; The Magicians of Pharaoh; BOOK VI; Preface (in prose); Proem; The Bird on the City-wall; The temptation of Free-will; The Hindú Slave and his Master's daughter; The Thief who put out the light; The Story of Ayáz (continued); The Fowler and the Bird; The Man whose Ram was stolen; The Watchman who cried out after the Robbers had gone

The Lover who fell asleepThe Turkish Amír and the Minstrel; 'Á'isha and the Blind Man; "Die before ye die"; A Poet's rebuke to the Shí'ites of Aleppo; Parable of the Ant; The Man who gave the drum-call for breakfast at midnight; The Story of Bilál; The Story of Hilál; The Horse that went backward; Mohammed and Jesus; The ugly old Hag who wanted a Husband; The Dervish and the Man of Gílán; The Beggar and the House where nothing could be got; The Man who was desperately ill, and the Story of the Súfí and the Cadi; Sultan Mahṃúd and the Hindú Boy; The Turk and the Tailor

The Fakir and the Hidden Treasure

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (Ebook Central, viewed March 12, 2026).

ISBN:

9781909724068

1909724068

9781909724082

1909724084

OCLC:

1481793185