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Rumi - Spiritual Verses (Penguin, 2006)
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Spiritual Verses: The First Book of the Masnavi-Ye Ma'navi Paperback – 17 October 2006
by The Jalaluddin Rumi (Author)
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This poems has been called ' the Qu'ran of the Persian language'
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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ASIN : 0140447911
Publisher : Penguin; 1st edition (17 October 2006)
Language : English
Paperback : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780140447910
ISBN-13 : 978-0140447910
Dimensions : 12.95 x 2.01 x 19.89 cmBest Sellers Rank: 475,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)111 in Norse & Icelandic Sagas
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Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (Persian: جلالالدین محمد رومی), also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī (جلالالدین محمد بلخى), Mawlānā/Mevlânâ (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master"), and more popularly simply as Rumi (1207 – 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's influence transcends national borders and ethnic divisions: Iranians, Tajiks, Turks, Greeks, Pashtuns, other Central Asian Muslims, and the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy for the past seven centuries. His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. Rumi has been described as the "most popular poet" and the "best selling poet" in the United States.
Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, but occasionally he also used Turkish, Arabic, and Greek, in his verse. His Mathnawī, composed in Konya, is considered one of the greatest poems of the Persian language. His works are widely read today in their original language across Greater Iran and the Persian-speaking world. Translations of his works are very popular, most notably in Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United States, and South Asia. His poetry has influenced Persian literature, but also Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Azerbaijani, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu, as well as the literature of some other Turkic, Iranian, and Indo-Aryan languages including Chagatai, Pashto, and Bengali.
Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Molavi (Masnavi Manavi Molavi) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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HURB
5.0 out of 5 stars Exquisite, accessible, faithfulReviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 5 February 2017
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Exquisite. So many layers of understanding i have yet to reach, and I look forward to visiting these pages of love and wisdom again! I really felt the spirit of Rumi in this offering, the most accessible version I have ever come across without feeling it has moved away from the original. I really hope there is a Book II soon.
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sue
5.0 out of 5 stars A true master piece!Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 18 September 2015
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This one of the best investment I made, the verses are written with such depth that leaves you reflecting. Exceptionally translation and a true art Rumi's verses.
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Deepa Mareddy
5.0 out of 5 stars Book and Delivery was Good 😊Reviewed in India 🇮🇳 on 2 June 2020
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I thought it was a collection of his poems but they look so complicated to understand 🤐 will try my best...
Wroxaphobic
5.0 out of 5 stars This is Rumi, what more needs said.Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 September 2013
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Amazon asked that I rate this book like it were some trivial novel. The book contains what is probably some of the deepest spiritual thought ever committed to paper, and yet works beautifully as nothing more than poetry. If only one lifetime were enough to come to a point where you could say you trully understood, you trully got just one verse, you would be blessed.
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armond jordan
5.0 out of 5 stars Five StarsReviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on 30 April 2015
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Great for my class on Rumi!
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