Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi, written in six books, is his masterpiece. It conveys a message of divine love in entertaining stories and homilies. The focus of Book Three is on epistemology; this is the first ever verse translation, and the first translation of any kind for over 80 years.

Zusammenfassung 'Your soul each moment struggles hard with death -Think of your faith as though it's your last breath.Your life is like a purse! and night and dayAre counters of gold coins you've put away'Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian! and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26!000 verses! the poem was designed to convey a message of divine love and unity to the disciples of Rumi's Sufi order! known today as the Whirling Dervishes. Like the earlier books! Book Three interweaves amusing stories with homilies to instruct pupils in mystical knowledge. It has a special focus on epistemology! illustrated with narrativesthat involve the consumption of food. This is the first ever verse translation of Book Three of the Masnavi. It follows the original by presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets. Informationen zum Autor Jawid Mojaddedi is a native of Afghanistan! and read Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Manchester. He has taught Arabic and Islamic Studies at the Universities of Manchester and Exeter! and served as an editor o fEncyclopaedia Iranica at the Center for Iranian Studies! Columbia University. His most recent publication is Beyond Dogma: Rumi's Teachings on Friendship with God and Early Sufi Theories (OUP! 2012). Mr. Mojaddedi was also madea National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellow for 2014-2015. Klappentext Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian! and the Masnavi! written in six books! is his masterpiece. It conveys a message of divine love in entertaining stories and homilies. The focus of Book Three is on epistemology; this is the first ever verse translation! and the first translation of any kind for over 80 years.

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Jawid Mojaddedi is Professor of Religion at Rutgers University. Born in Afghanistan, he was a 2014-15 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellow and a 2020-21 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow. Dr Mojaddedi's translation of The Masnavi: Book One (OUP, 2004) was awarded the Lois Roth Prize by the American Institute of Iranian Studies. His previous books include Beyond Dogma: Rumi's Teachings on Friendship with God and Early Sufi Theories (OUP, 2012) and The Biographical Tradition in Sufism (2001).

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Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi, written in six books, is his masterpiece. It conveys a message of divine love in entertaining stories and homilies. The focus of Book Three is on epistemology; this is the first ever verse translation, and the first translation of any kind for over 80 years.