The Masnavi, Book Three by Rumi, Jalal Al-Din

The Masnavi, Book Three (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199652037)

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The Masnavi, Book Three by Rumi, Jalal Al-Din

The Masnavi, Book Three

$15.95
The Masnavi, Book Three by Rumi, Jalal Al-Din

The Masnavi, Book Three

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of divine love and unity to the disciples of Rumi's Sufi order, known today as the Whirling Dervishes. Like the earlier books, Book Three interweaves amusing stories with homilies to instruct pupils in the understanding of God's meaning. It has a special focus on epistemology, illustrated with narratives that involve the consumption of food.

The first ever verse translation of Book Three of the Masnavi, It follows the original by presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets.

'Our soul each moment struggles hard with death -
Think of your faith as though it's your last breath.
Your life is like a purse, and night and day
Are counters of gold coins you've put away'

Author: Jalal Al-Din Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi
ISBN-10: 0199652031
ISBN-13: 9780199652037
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2014
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.00w x 0.70d
By Jalal Al-Din Rumi
By Jalal Al-Din Rumi
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Jalal al-Din Rumi

Jawid Mojaddedi is Professor of Religion at Rutgers University. Born in Afghanistan, he was a 2014-15 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellow and a 2020-21 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Dr Mojaddedi's translation of The Masnavi: Book One (OUP, 2004) was awarded the Lois Roth Prize by the American Institute of Iranian Studies. His previous books include Beyond Dogma: Rumi's Teachings on Friendship with God and Early Sufi Theories (OUP, 2012) and The Biographical Tradition in Sufism (2001).

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