Masnavi
by Jalaluddin Rumi
by Jalaluddin Rumi
below: from a 1900 Arabic text of the Masnavi
of Jalaluddin Rumi.
of Jalaluddin Rumi.
| Masnavi of Jalaluddin Rumi...it is a book of small parables. The great can only be expressed in parables... --Osho Books I Have Loved |
1207-1273
aka: Masnavi-I Ma'navi, Mathnawi, Mesnevi
Persian: مثنوی معنوی Masnavi-I Ma'navi
(The Rhyming Couplets of Profound Spiritual Meaning)
a collection of poems and songs from the Sufi mystic of
Persia (modern Iran). Sometimes called the Persian Qur'an,
the Masnavi is comprised of 6 books relating 424 parables,
illuminated by 50,000 lines of poetry.
Persian: مثنوی معنوی Masnavi-I Ma'navi
(The Rhyming Couplets of Profound Spiritual Meaning)
a collection of poems and songs from the Sufi mystic of
Persia (modern Iran). Sometimes called the Persian Qur'an,
the Masnavi is comprised of 6 books relating 424 parables,
illuminated by 50,000 lines of poetry.
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