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The Masnavi, book one [electronic resource]

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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

Title The Masnavi, book one [electronic resource] / Jalal al-Din Rumi
translated with an introduction and notes by Jawid Mojaddedi.
Publisher Oxford
New York : Oxford University Press
Creation Date 2004
Notes Translated from the Persian.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxix]-xxx).
English
Content Contents
Introduction
Note on the Translation
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Rumi
THE MASNAVI: 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 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 SpendersThe Caliph Who Was More Generous than Hatem Ta'i
The Poor Bedouin and his Wife
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 Prophet's Scribe who Became an Apostate
The Importance of Hiding your Mystical Station
The Painting Competition between
Series Oxford world's classics
Extent 1 online resource (304 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010713623805171
MARC RECORDS
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