Jalal-al Din Rumi is a unique literary figure. He and his works have been warmly embraced in much of the Muslim world for over 800 years, yet Rumi has also become a bestseller in the United States. A plethora of books, from the popular to the academic, have presented him to the English-speaking audience over the last several decades. Ironically, however, no full and original translation of Rumi's magnum opus, the Divan-i Kabir, exists in the English...