The Masnavi, Book One

by Rumi

Book Overview

Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called "the Koran in Persian." The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes. In order to convey his message of divine love and unity he threaded together entertaining stories and penetrating homilies. Drawing from folk tales as well as sacred...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192804383
• ISBN13: 9780192804389
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 5.0"