The Mesnevi by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi
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"The Mesnevi" by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi is a Persian poetic work written between 1258 and 1273. Comprising six books with approximately 25,000 verses, this spiritual masterpiece guides Sufis toward divine love through stories, parables, and Islamic wisdom. Drawing from the Quran, hadith, and everyday tales, each narrative illuminates mystical truths about the soul's journey. Regarded by many as the greatest mystical poem in world literature, it remains unfinished—Rumi died before completing
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| Author | Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Redhouse, James W. (James William), Sir, 1811-1892 |
| Title | The Mesnevi |
| Series Title | Trübner's oriental series |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masnavi |
| Credits |
Produced by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 82.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures |
| Subject | Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273 |
| Subject | Mevleviyeh |
| Subject | Sufi literature |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 61724 |
| Release Date | Mar 31, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 17, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1218 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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