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The Jalaluddin Rumi (Author), Alan Williams (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (7 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140447911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140447910
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.5 x 2.1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Begun in 1262 AD, Masnavi-ye Ma ‘navi, or ‘spiritual couplets', is thought to be the longest single-authored ‘mystical’ poem ever written. As the spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition, it teaches how to progress to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path - union with God. Jalaloddin Rumi was a poet and a mystic, but he was first a teacher; in these verses he draws the reader into the complexities of human love and separation and explains the path to divine love through the elimination of self-regard and worldly desires. Drawing on diverse sources from bawdy tales and fables to stories of the prophet Mohammed, these verses are brief in expression yet copious in meaning.

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Called 'Jelaluddin Balkhi' by the Persians and Afghans, Rumi was born on September 30, 1207, in Balkh, Afghanistan, then a part of the Persian Empire. He was the greatest mystical poet of Persia, famous for his didactic epic Masnavi-ye Ma'navi (Spiritual Couplets), a treasure-house of Sufi mysticism. Rumi died on December 17, 1273.

Alan Williams is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superb work, 7 Feb 2008
This review is from: The Spiritual Verses: Masnavi - Ye Ma'navi: Bk. 1 (Audio CD)
If you ever wished you could read Rumi in the original and so taste the true flavour of his teaching, here is a translation which, at last, will satisfy you. Without being pedantic or obscure, it allows the reader to discover Rumi undistorted and in all his power. Both brilliant and moving.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best poetic traslation of Rumi in English so far, 5 Oct 2006
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This is the best poetic translation of Mathnawi of Rumi in English. I would recommend it to all lovers of Rumi. I am already looking forward for the next volumes.
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5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely superb, 11 Feb 2008
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At last, a translation of Rumi's Masnavi which, without ever being pedantic or obscure, is both faithful to the original Persian and to Rumi's teaching. I highly recommend it. This is only the first book of the Masnavi, though (the title is incomplete and misleading) and I am looking forward to the translations of the next five books. A brilliant and moving piece of work.
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