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The Masnavi, book one /

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 derv...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273
Other Authors: Mojaddedi, J. A. (Jawid Ahmad)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Persian
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Series:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxx, 271 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxx).
ISBN:9781435609419
1435609417
9780192804389
0192804383
0191516880
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