Publication
Imprint: Louisville, KY : Fons Vitae, 2011. Edition: First published in English, 2011. Responsibility: Root text by Rumi; Turkish commentary by Kenan Rifai; translated by Victoria Rowe Holbrook; prefaces by Cemalnur Sargut and Carl W. Ernst. OCLC Number: 866765252. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xii, 536 pages ; 24 cm. Features: Includes glossary, index.
Call number
GT-I-S / Rafai
ISBN
9781891785870
Collections
CSS Library Notes
Named Person: Kenʾan Rifâî : Kenan Rifai .
Named Person: Maulana Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī : Rumi .
Named Work: Mesnevi hatıraları : Mathnavi : Masnavi .
Named Work: Serhli Mesnevi-i Serif
Description: An exceptional contribution to the understanding of a key figure in Islamic mysticism, this book offers a 20th century commentary—by the eminent Sufi and spiritual guide Kenan Rifai—on Jalal ad-Din Rumi’s 13th-century Spiritual Couplets, or Masnavi. Symbolically connecting the long poem to Qur’anic passages, hadiths, and other poems by Sufi masters, this enlightening reference answers the most tortuous of problems and guides one to comprehend the meaning of life. A rigorous translation of Rumi’s original work is also included.
Table of Contents: Foreword to the English commentary
Preface by Cemalnur Sargut
Preface by Carl W. Ernst
Translator's Note
The Spiritual Couplets Beginning
Glossary and Index
FY2018 /
Named Person: Maulana Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī : Rumi .
Named Work: Mesnevi hatıraları : Mathnavi : Masnavi .
Named Work: Serhli Mesnevi-i Serif
Description: An exceptional contribution to the understanding of a key figure in Islamic mysticism, this book offers a 20th century commentary—by the eminent Sufi and spiritual guide Kenan Rifai—on Jalal ad-Din Rumi’s 13th-century Spiritual Couplets, or Masnavi. Symbolically connecting the long poem to Qur’anic passages, hadiths, and other poems by Sufi masters, this enlightening reference answers the most tortuous of problems and guides one to comprehend the meaning of life. A rigorous translation of Rumi’s original work is also included.
Table of Contents: Foreword to the English commentary
Preface by Cemalnur Sargut
Preface by Carl W. Ernst
Translator's Note
The Spiritual Couplets Beginning
Glossary and Index
FY2018 /
Physical description
xxii, 536 p.; 26 cm
Description
An exceptional contribution to the understanding of a key figure in Islamic mysticism, this book offers a 20th century commentary - by the eminent Sufi and spiritual guide Kenen Rifai - on Jalal ad-Din RUmi's 13th century Spiriual Couplets, or Masnavi.
Language
Original language
Turkish