Masnavi i Ma'navi
Title | Masnavi i Ma'navi PDF eBook |
Author | Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (Maulana) |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 392 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | English poetry |
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The Masnavi of Rumi, Book Two
Title | The Masnavi of Rumi, Book Two PDF eBook |
Author | Jalaloddin Rumi |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | 517 |
Release | 2020-02-20 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 1786726092 |
Jalaloddin Rumi's Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, or 'Spiritual Couplets', composed in the 13th Century, is a monumental work of poetry in the Sufi tradition of Islamic mysticism. For centuries before his love poetry became a literary phenomenon in the West, Rumi's Masnavi had been revered in the Islamic world as its greatest mystical text. Drawing upon a vast array of characters, stories and fables, and deeply versed in spiritual teaching, it takes us on a profound and playful journey of discovery along the path of divine love, toward its ultimate goal of union with the source of all Truth. In Book Two of the Masnavi, the second of six volumes, we travel with Rumi toward an understanding of the deeper truth and reality, beyond the limits of the self. Alan Williams's authoritative new translation is rendered in highly readable blank verse and includes the original Persian text for reference. True to the spirit of Rumi's poem, this new translation establishes the Masnavi as one of the world's great literary achievements for a global readership. Translated with an introduction, notes and analysis by Alan Williams and including the Persian text edited by Mohammad Este'lami.
Rumi's Mystical Design
Title | Rumi's Mystical Design PDF eBook |
Author | Seyed Ghahreman Safavi |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | 293 |
Release | 2010-03-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1438428014 |
Reveals the sophisticated design of Rumī’s Mathnawī, showing that this seemingly unstructured work both describes and functions as spiritual training.
The Rumi Collection
Title | The Rumi Collection PDF eBook |
Author | Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | 273 |
Release | 2023-07-18 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 0834845091 |
A rich introduction to the work of Rumi by the foremost scholar on the great mystical poet, featuring leading literary translations of his verse by Coleman Barks, Robert Bly, Andrew Harvey, Kabir Helminski, Camille Helminski, Daniel Liebert, and Peter Lamborn Wilson. Rumi's poems are beloved for their touching perceptions of humanity and the Divine. To display the major themes of Rumi's work, each of the eighteen chapters in this anthology are arranged topically, such as "The Inner Work," "The Ego Animal," "Passion for God," "Praise," and "Purity," uncovering a deep and timeless understanding of Sufism and mysticism. Also included is a biography of Rumi by Andrew Harvey and an introductory essay by Kabir Helminski on the art of translating Rumi's work into English. "The Spiritual Surgeon" Can the water of a polluted stream Wash away the dirt? Can human knowledge sweep away The ignorance of the sensual self? How does a sword fashion its own hilt? Go, entrust your wound to a surgeon, For flies will gather around the wound Until it can’t be seen. These are your selfish thoughts And all you dream of owning. The wound is your own dark hole. Mathnawi I, 3221–3224 (translated by Kabir Helminski and Camille Helminski)
The Masnavi, Book One
Title | The Masnavi, Book One PDF eBook |
Author | Jalal al-Din Rumi |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 305 |
Release | 2004-11-11 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0192804383 |
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This Longing
Title | This Longing PDF eBook |
Author | Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi |
Publisher | Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | 129 |
Release | 2000-06-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1570625336 |
This Rumi collection features selections from one of the world's great spiritual masterpieces, the Mathnawi. The Mathnawi consists of six volumes of poetry in rhyme—over fifty-one thousand verses—inspired by folklore, the Qur'an, stories of saints and teachers, and sayings of Muhammed. Rendered by Rumi's premier English translators, these excerpts from the Mathnawi are presented in American free-verse style.
The Life and Work of Jalaluddin Rumi
Title | The Life and Work of Jalaluddin Rumi PDF eBook |
Author | Afzal Iqbal |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 370 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Fiction |
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Rumi is perhaps the only example in world literature of a devoted prose writer who suddenly burst forth into poetry during middle age to become a truly great mystical poet for all time. This book, a long-overdue reckoning of his life and work, begins with a description and examination of the living conditions in 13th-century Persia. Building on this context, Afzal Iqbal proceeds to fully analyze the formative period of Rumi's life leading up to 1261--when he began the monumental work of writing the Mathnawi. Toward the end of the book, Iqbal more generally investigates Rumi's thought and includes translations of those portions of the Mathnawi that have been hitherto unavailable in English. Combining an unparalleled familiarity with the source material, a total and critical understanding of the subject, and a powerful and readable prose style, this is an extraordinary study of a truly remarkable poet and mystic.