The Mathnawi of Jalalud Din Rumi 6 volumes in 1 book

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Publication Date:

Mar, 18 2010

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Hard Back

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Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi’s great poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. The Mathnawi was begun around 1258 at the suggestion of a disciple, Husam al-Din, who acted as amanuensis, and though the final story is incomplete, composition probably ceased a while before Rumi’s death in 1273. The six books of the poem amount to more than 25,000 verses. Loosely structured and at times metrically rough and colloquial in style, the work pursues its way through hundreds of stories, drawn from many literary and other sources and used to illustrate the main theme, man’s predicament in his search for God.