{"product_id":"the-masnavi-book-five-jalal-al-din-rumi-9780192857071","title":"The Masnavi, Book Five","description":"'If something else can capture your attention\u003cbr\u003e Then it's not love, but just a trivial passion -\u003cbr\u003eLove is that flame which, once it blazes up, \u003cbr\u003e Burns everything but the Beloved up.' \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is the first ever translation of the entirety of Book Five of Rumi's \u003cem\u003emagnum opus\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Masnavi\u003c\/em\u003e, into English. Prior to this verse translation in heroic couplets, translations were either of selected passages or in lineated prose with passages deemed too salacious rendered into Latin, as was the convention in Britain of the early twentieth century. This fifth book of Rumi's \u003cem\u003eThe Masnavi\u003c\/em\u003e is well-known to contain much sexually explicit content within teaching stories about the path of annihilation of the self in a total and uncompromising way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019285707X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780192857071\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.73h x 5.13w x 0.57d","brand":"Jalal Al-Din Rumi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076431245567,"sku":"9780192857071","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc8d92b8-de09-49c5-976e-0668dfc0aaed.jpg?v=1685464951","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-masnavi-book-five-jalal-al-din-rumi-9780192857071","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}