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Spiritual Verses: The First Book of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi

By Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Book information

Publisher
Inc., Penguin Group USA
Year
2010
ISBN
9781101491690, 9780140447910
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2036503 bytes)
Series
Penguin Classics
Pages
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Topic
Religion
Time added
2023-10-20 00:28:28
islam; islamic; deen; deeni; quran; qur'an; koran;

Description

The spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition-in a brilliant new translationThe longest single -authored "mystical" poem ever written, the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, or "spiritual couplets," is the masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition. Its author, Jalaloddin Rumi, was a poet and mystic of the highest attainment, but he was first and foremost a spiritual teacher, and his Masnavi is a ladder to the spiritual world, leading the reader to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path-union with God. Alan Williams's translation into blank verse beautifully conveys the poetry of the original Persian couplets, while his introduction discusses how the modern reader might approach Rumi's writing.

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