Spiritual verses : the first book of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi

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Spiritual verses : the first book of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi

Title remainder

the first book of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi

Statement of responsibility

[the Jalaluddin] Rumi ; translated with an introduction and notes by Alan Williams

Creator

• Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273

Contributor

• Williams, Alan, 1953-

Subject

• Jalڶal al-Dڶin Rڶumڶi, Maulana, 1207-1273 -- Translations into English
• Translations
• Jalڶal al-Dڶin Rڶumڶi, Maulana, 1207-1273

Genre

• Translations into English
• Translations

Language

• eng
• per
• eng

Summary

"Jalaloddin Rumi was a poet and mystic of the highest attainment, but he was first and foremost a spiritual teacher. His verses lead the reader along the path of divine love, towards an understanding of the deepest truth that underlies reality. Rumi draws on a vast range of sources, from fables to stories from daily life and religious tradition, to compose a remarkable text, which is a ladder to the spiritual world." "Alan Williams's translation into blank verse conveys the poetry of the original Persian couplets, while his introduction discusses how the modern reader might approach Rumi's writing. This edition also includes notes, a chronology of Rumi's life and further reading."--BOOK JACKET

Member of

• Penguin classics

Cataloging source

UKM

Dewey number

891.5511

Index

index present

Language note

Translated from the Persian with an introduction in English, some of which is translated from the Arabic

LC call number

PK6480.E5

LC item number

W55 2006

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Penguin classics