The Masnavi, Book One

Jalal al-Din Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi (Professor of Religion, Rutgers University)

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Worlds Classics
10 July 2008

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Poetry by individual poets; Islam; Mysticism

Series: Oxford World's Classics

'The pen would smoothly write the things it knew But when it came to love it split in two, A donkey stuck in mud is logic's fate - Love's nature only love can demonstrate.'

Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been 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.

Drawing from folk tales as well as sacred history, Rumi's poem is often funny as well as spiritually profound.

Jawid Mojaddedi's sparkling new verse translation of Book One is consistent with the aims of the original work in presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets.

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By: Jalal al-Din Rumi
Translated by: Jawid Mojaddedi (Professor of Religion Rutgers University)
Imprint: Worlds Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 228g
ISBN: 9780199552313
ISBN 10: 0199552312
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 10 July 2008
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Masnavi, Book One

`'Mojaddedi's is the most faithful verse translation now available... the reader without Persian comes as close as possible to the original.'' PN Review (May -June 2006)