Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Masnavi, book 1
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Other authors / contributors: | Mojaddedi, J. A. (Jawid Ahmad)
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ISBN: | 9781435609419 1435609417 9780192804389 0192804383 0191516880 9780191516887 0192804383
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxx). English. Print version record.
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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.
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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
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