The Masnavi (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Rumi, Jalal Al-Din; Mojaddedi, Jawid

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9780199212590: The Masnavi (Oxford World's Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0199212597 ISBN 13: 9780199212590

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2007

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The most influential Sufi poem ever written, the six books of the Masnavi are often called "the Qur'an in Persian". Book Two is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress along the mystical path. By interweaving amusing stories and profound homilies, Rumi instructs his readers in a style that still speaks directly to them.
Here, Jawid Mojaddedi has translated the text into accessible rhyming couplets, as he did for Oxford's award-winning edition of Book One. This edition--the first ever verse translation of Book Two, and the first translation of any kind for over eighty years--is the closest English speakers can come to understanding the true beauty of this classic work.

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Dr. Jawid Mojaddedi is Assistant Professor of Religion, Rutgers University.

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