StarAstrologer - Books : The Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi
Binding: Unknown Binding
Label: Islamic Book Service
Manufacturer: Islamic Book Service
Publication Date: 1989
Publisher: Islamic Book Service
Sales Rank: 683536
Studio: Islamic Book Service
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A three volume set of Nicholson's translation of Rumi's famous poem on Islamic mysticism.
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I am the formless form
I operate on myself in this way so that I am continuously arriving
And I am the knower of this field of Description.
As you start reading, your heart will lock it's claws into the book while your brain boils away in a fit of rage.
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Forget all the 'new translations' 'new interpretations' blah blah blah they are nothing of the kind, they are all just re-writes of this classic. Save yourself the money and the time reading books by people making money off the backs of scholars who given years to produce this masterpiece and buy this.
Nicholson based this translation on manuscripts in Konya at the Mevlevihane during the early part of the last century. It must have been particularly hard during those troubled years ... Read More
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This is the Most definitive translation of Rumis's Grandest and most Important work. So literal a very few times that it may loose accuracy. Yet surprisingly loyal for being the work of a western scholar.
If you want to drink Rumi with a glass of wine on a slow afternoon then this work is NOT for you.
This is because in this work his mysticism interweaves deep Islamic thought you cannot conviniently delete or distort.
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Potiential readers should be aware that this is the diffinative English translation of this spiritual classic. It is sometimes referenced by native Farsi speakers because of it's accuracy. However, it is difficult to read. Know that the work required to read this translation will be well rewarded for anyone with a heart.
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Jalaluddin Rumi, b. 1205 in Balkh, now Turkestan, d. 1273 was founder of the Mevlevi order of Sufi Dervishes. He was known among followers as "Mevlana" or "Our Master". The Mathnawi, "Song of the Reed" is often referred to as the Koran in Persian, and ranks among the classics of world spiritual literature.
A series of 3 volumes, the Mathnawi is an ingenious series of allegories, fables, parables and tales, often no more than a page or two in length. The sprawling scope of the subjects ... Read More
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