Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi

Spiritual Verses: The First Book of the Masnavi-Ye Ma'navi

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The spiritual masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition in a brilliant new translation The longest single-authored mystical poem ever written, the Masnavi-ye Ma'navi, or spiritual couplets, is the masterpiece of the Persian Sufi tradition. Its author, Jalaloddin Rumi, was a poet and mystic of the highest attainment, but he was first and foremost a spiritual teacher, and his Masnavi is a ladder to the spiritual world, leading the reader to the ultimate goal of the Sufi path-union with God. Alan Williams's translation into blank verse beautifully conveys the poetry of the original Persian couplets, while his introduction discusses how the moder… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Williams, Alan (Solist) / Williams, Alan (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-14-044791-0
EAN: 9780140447910
Produktnummer: 19437990
Verlag: Penguin Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 422 S.
Masse: H20.0 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.4 cm 355 g
Gewicht: 355
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

Called 'Jelaluddin Balkhi' by the Persians and Afghans, Rumi was born on September 30, 1207, in Balkh, Afghanistan, then a part of the Persian Empire. He was the greatest mystical poet of Persia, famous for his didactic epic Masnavi-ye Ma'navi (Spiritual Couplets), a treasure-house of Sufi mysticism. Rumi died on December 17, 1273.Alan Williams is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Religion at the University of Manchester.