The Masnavi, book one /

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Author / Creator:Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
Uniform title:Mas̲navī. Book 1. Selections. English
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Description:1 online resource (xxx, 271 pages)
Language:English
Series:Oxford world's classics
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11178167
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Varying Form of Title:Masnavi, book 1
Other authors / contributors:Mojaddedi, J. A. (Jawid Ahmad)
ISBN:9781435609419
1435609417
9780192804389
0192804383
0191516880
9780191516887
0192804383
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxx).
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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.
Other form:Print version: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273. Mas̲navī. Book 1. English. Selections. Masnavi, book one. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004