The Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi (5 volume Set / Translation & Commentary)
DESCRIPTION:
Mathnawi with 25,700 verses is in really a far more extensive work than the Faerie Queen with 33,500. On the other hand, it is easily surpassed in length by several Persian poems. The prose headings inserted at short intervals throughout the poem, transliterated words with the exception of proper names & all direct quotations from the Quran except such as occur in the headings are printed in italic. A few foot-notes have been added.
DETAILS:
ISBN: 9788174351586
AUTHOR: Jalaluddin Rumi
BINDING: Hardback
PAGES: 2500 pages (5 Volumes)
DIMENSIONS: 12.7 x 0.6 x 17.7 cm
PUBLISHER: Adam Publishers
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi, the greates mystic poet the world has produced, was born in Balkh in 1207 A.D. His father, Shaikh Bahauddin Balkhi was also an acknowledged scholar in the world of Islam. The great change in the life of Maulana Rumi came when met Shams-e-Tabrez, a great mystic of his time. Maulana Rumi then rose to great spiritual heights and celebrated saint like Bu Ali Shah Qalander and Shaikh Shahabuddin Suhrawardy receeeived spiritual guidance from him.
Maulana Rumi left behind two works on which his fame rests-his Diwan and his immortal Mathnawi. The Diwan mostly contains mystical lyrics which are replete with sincerity, sublimity and deep emotionalism. His immortal Mathnawi is undoubtedly the most popular book in the Persian language. It has be translated into several languages of the East and the West and has given him a distinguished place among the few immortal poets of the world. According to the Maulana himself the Mathnawi contains 'the roots of religion and the discoveries of the mystry of nature and divine knowledge'.
Maulana Rumi died in 1273 A.D. and laid to rest at Konya, Turkey.
