The Masnavi book one : a new English translation

by Maulana Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī

Other authorsJawid Mojaddedi (Translator)
Paperback, 2004

Publication

Imprint: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. Context: Originally composed as six volumes in Persian around 1258-1273. Series: Oxford World Classics. Responsibility: Jalal al-Din Rumi ; translated from the Persian with an introduction and notes by Jawid Mojaddedi.. OCLC Number: 56648917. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xxx, 271 pages ; 20 cm. Features: Includes glossary, notes.

Call number

GT-I-S / Rumi / Masnavi I

Barcode

BK-07820

ISBN

9780199552313

CSS Library Notes

Named Person: Maulana Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī : Rumi .

Named Work: Mesnevi hatıraları : Mathnavi : Masnavi .

Description: "Rumi, known in Iran and Central Asia as Mowlana Jalaloddin Balkhi, was born in 1207 in the province of Balkh, now the border region between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Rumi expressed a new vision of reality in volumes of mystical poetry. His enormous collection of lyrical poetry is considered one of the best that has ever been produced, while his poem in rhyming couplets, the Masnavi, is so reversed as the most consummate expression of Sufi mysticism that it is commonly referred to as 'the Koran in Persian'."--Jacket.

Table of Contents: Book One. Prose Introduction. The Song of the Reed --
The Healing of the Sick Slave Girl --
The Bald Parrot and the Monk --
The Jewish Vizier who Deceived the Christians into Following him and Destroyed them --
The Description of Mohammad in the Gospels --
The Jewish King who Tried to Destroy Christians with his fire --
How a Hare Killed the Lion that had been Tormenting all the other Animals --
The Sufi Guide --
The Softie from Qazvin who Wanted a Tattoo --
The Lion the Wolf and the Fox --
Sufis Serve as Mirrors of the Soul --
The Gift Brought by Joseph's Visitor --
The Prophets Scribe who Became an Apostate --
The Importance of Hiding your Mystical Station --
The Painting Competition between the Greeks and the Chinese --
The Greater Jihad --
Omar and the Emissary from Byzantium --
The Escape of the Merchant's Parrot --
The Old Harpist --
The Prayer of the Angels in Favour of Big Spenders --
The Caliph Who Was More Generous than Hatem Tai --
The Prophet Mohammad and Zayd --
Extinguishing Fire in Medina under Omar --
Why Ali Dropped his Sword in Battle --
Explanatory Notes. Glossary of Proper Names.

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Physical description

xxx, 271 p.; 20 cm

Awards

Description

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

Language

Original language

Farsi/Persian

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