The Masnavi
by Jalal al-Din Rumi,, Maulana
The most influential Sufi poem ever written, the six books of the Masnavi are often called "the Qur'an in Persian". Book Two is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress along the mystical path. By interweaving amusing stories and profound homilies, Rumi instructs his readers in a style that still speaks directly to them. Here, Jawid Mojaddedi has t…
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- Full title :The Masnavi. / Jalal Al-Din Rumi ; translated with an introduction and notes by Jawid Mojaddedi.
Summary
The most influential Sufi poem ever written, the six books of the Masnavi are often called "the Qur'an in Persian". Book Two is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress along the mystical path. By interweaving amusing stories and profound homilies, Rumi instructs his readers in a style that still speaks directly to them. Here, Jawid Mojaddedi has translated the text into accessible rhyming couplets, as he did for Oxford's award-winning edition of Book One. This edition--the first ever verse translation of Book Two, and the first translation of any kind for over eighty years--is the closest English speakers can come to understanding the true beauty of this classic work. - Publisher
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- Publication Date:2007.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2007.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxxii, 257 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781435609860, 1435609867, 9786611160982, 6611160981
- oclc:ocn181761553
- LC Classification:PK6481.M8
- Dewey Decimal:891.5511
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Note on the translation -- Selected bibliography -- A chronology of Rumi -- THE MASNAVI, BOOK 2. Prose introduction -- Exordium -- Identifying the new moon too soon -- God mercifully ignores some prayers -- Jesus's companion's foolish request -- Blindly expecting a lion to be an ox -- The Sufis chanted, 'The ass has gone! The ass has gone!' -- The devilish bankrupt and the dull-witted Kurd -- The folly of thinking, 'If only ... ' -- To murder the mother of all problems -- A king tests two contrasting slaves --Envy of a king's favourite slave -- Solomon and the Queen of Sheba -- The philosopher's rejection of a Qur'anic verse -- Moses and the shepherd -- Moses asks God why oppressors seem to win -- The cure for a man who has swallowed a snake -- The foolhardy man who trusted a bear's good intentions -- The Prophet visits his sick companion -- Satan wakes up Mo'aviya so he can join the congregation for the dawn prayer -- Unhelpful advice about a burglar -- The hypocrites who built the Mosque of Opposition to the Prophet -- The four Indians who spoilt their own prayers by finding fault with each other -- How Ghuzz Turks make an example out of their victims -- Self-con…
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