Jalal al-Din Rumi

The Masnavi, Book Two

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The most influential Sufi poem ever written, the six books of the Masnavi are often called the Qur'an in Persian. Book Two is concerned with the challenges facing the seeker of Sufi enlightenment. In particular it focuses on the struggle against the self, and how to choose the right companions in order to progress along the mystical path. By interweaving amusing stories and profound homilies, Rumi instructs his readers in a style that still speaks directly to them.Here, Jawid Mojaddedi has translated the text into accessible rhyming couplets, as he did for Oxford's award-winning edition of Book One. This edition--the first ever verse translat… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Mojaddedi, Jawid (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-19-954991-7
EAN: 9780199549917
Produktnummer: 3674864
Verlag: Oxford Academic
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 304 S.
Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
Masse: H19.5 cm x B12.8 cm x D1.8 cm 223 g
Gewicht: 223

Über den 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.