Signs of the unseen : the discourses of Jalaluddin Rumi

Jal l al-D n R m Maulana (1207-1273)

ISBN 10: 1570625328 / ISBN 13: 9781570625329

Published by Boston London : Shambhala, 1999

About this Item

Near fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xxvi, 259 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Introduction and translation by W. M. Thackston Jr. Originally published: Putney, Vt. : Threshold Books, 1994. Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-250). Translated from the Arabic. Contents; Introduction -- The Discourses -- Bibliography -- Glossary of Persons and Terms. Subjects; Sufism ; Early works to 1800. Sufi literature, Persian Translations into English. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Signs of the unseen : the discourses of Jalaluddin Rumi
• Publisher: Boston London : Shambhala
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1570625328
• ISBN 13: 9781570625329
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Paperback Edition.
• Weight: 1 kilogram

About this title

Synopsis

     This translation of Rumi's Fihi ma Fihi should easily become the standard English edition of this important collection of his discourses, conversations, and commentaries on various and sundry topics. In many cases the discussions preserved in this book provide the most sustained exposition available of Rumi's thought on a given topic.

About the Author

Dr. Wheeler Thackston, Jr., is a professor of Middle Eastern Languages and Literature at Harvard University.

Jalaluddin Rumi (1207–1273) was not only a poet, mystic, and the founder of a Sufi order, he was a man of profound insight into the nature of human existence and possibly the greatest mystical poet of any age.