The Masnavi. Book Four

The Masnavi. Book Four
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780191086168
ISBN-13 : 0191086169
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Book Synopsis The Masnavi. Book Four by : Jalal al-Din Rumi

Download or read book The Masnavi. Book Four written by Jalal al-Din Rumi and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Joking is teaching, so take care to listen - Don't look at just the joke's form of expression. To jesters every serious thing's hilarious, While to the wise hilarious jokes are serious' Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of divine love and unity to the disciples of Rumi's Sufi order, known today as the Whirling Dervishes. Like the earlier books, Book Four interweaves amusing stories with homilies to instruct pupils in understanding of God's meaning. It has a special focus on the mystical knowledge of the spiritual guide, elaborated through stories such as Solomon's freeiration to the Queen of Sheba, and animal fables. This is the first ever verse translation of Book Four of the Masnavi. It follows the original by presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets.


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