The Mathnawi of Jalalu'ddin Rumi. Volume II : containing the translations of the first and second books / 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. 2.

"E.J.W. Gibb memorial" series. New series ; IV. 2

Standardized Title:

Mas̲navī. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī.

Sufi poetry, Persian--Translations into English.

Sufi poetry, Persian.

Sufi poetry, Persian--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (868 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The first of three volumes of the English translation of Rumi's great poem on Muslim mysticism.

Contents:

Cover; Full Title; Copyright; Additional Publications from the Gibb Memorial Trust; Introduction; Table of Contents; Book I; Preface (in prose); Proem; The King and the Handmaiden; The Greengrocer and the Parrot; The Jewish King whose Vizier contrived a plot against the Christians; The Caliph and Laylá; The description of Mohammed in the Gospel; Another Jewish King who persecuted the Christians; The punishment inflicted on a man who scoffed at Mohammed; The Wind which destroyed the people of 'Ád; The Lion and the Beasts of chase; Azrael and the man who took refuge with Solomon

Solomon and the HoopoeThe Fall of Adam; The Holy War against the Flesh; The Caliph 'Umar and the Ambassador; How Adam acknowledged, while Iblís denied, responsibility for sin; "And He is with you, wheresoever ye be"; "Let him who desires to sit with God sit with the Sụ́fís"; The Merchant and the Parrot which gave him a message to the parrots of India; The Spiritual Birds that are Divine Intelligences; Commentary on a saving of Farídu'ddín 'Atṭạ́r; The respect paid to Moses by Pharaoh's magicians

Commentary on a saying of Saná'í, and a Discourse on a Tradition of the Prophet concerning the jealousy of GodThe harmfulness of being honoured by the people; "Whatsoever God wills cometh to pass"; The Story of the Harper; Explanation of a Tradition of the Prophet concerning Divine inspiration; A Story of 'Á'isha and the Prophet; Commentary on a verse of Saná'í; "Take advantage of the coolness of the spring season"; The Moaning Pillar; A miracle performed by the Prophet in the presence of Abú Jahl; The Prodigal for whom the angels pray; The munificent Caliph

The Arab of the Desert and his wifeFalse saints; The power of Faith; Light and colour; Explanation of the Tradition that women prevail over the wise man, while the ignorant man prevails over them; The mystery of Moses and Pharaoh; "He has lost this life and the life to come"; The prophet Sạ́lih ̣and the people of Thamúd; The barrier between the righteous and the wicked; What is meat to the saint is poison to the disciple; The Divine Bounty and those who beg for it; The two kinds of "poor"; The World's lovers

The proverb, "If you commit fornication, commit it with a free woman, and if you steal, steal a pearl"The Grammarian and the Boatman; The Spiritual Guide; The Prophet's injunction to 'Ali; The man of Qazwín who wanted to have a lion tattooed on his shoulder; The wolf and the fox who went to hunt with the Lion; The man who knocked at his friend's door and, on being asked who he was, answered, "'Tis I"; Description of Unification; Noah as the God-man; Why the Sụ́fís who know God are seated in front of kings; Joseph and the guest-friend who could find no suitable gift for him except a mirror

Mohammed and the scribe who wrote down the Qur'ánic Revelations

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 22, 2014).

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

ISBN:

9781909724006

1909724009

9781909724020

1909724025

OCLC:

1481797320