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Spiritual Verses: The First Book of the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi (Penguin Classics) (Paperback)

by Jelaluddin Rumi (Author), Alan Williams (Editor, Translator) "- Listen to this reed as it is grieving; it tells the story of our separations ..." (more)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (7 Sep 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140447911
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140447910
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.4 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 copiou