| Description |
190 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
[Oneworld's mysticism series]
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Oneworld's mysticism series.
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| Summary |
Jalalu'l-Din Rumi (1207-73) was the greatest of the Persian mystical poets. In his extensive writings he explored the profound themes that had gradually evolved with the long succession of Sufi thinkers since the ninth century, such as the nature of truth, of beauty, and of our spiritual relationship with God. Professor R.A. Nicholson translated this inspiring collection of mystical poems shortly before his death. It contains delicately rhythmical versions of over a hundred short passages from Rumi's greatest works, together with brief yet illuminating explanatory notes. With this attractive and accessible translation, a wider readership can appreciate the range and depth of Rumi's intellect and imagination, and discover why it is so often said that in Rumi the Persian mystical genius found its supreme expression. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Song of the Reed -- Remembered Music -- Love in Absence -- "The Marriage of True Minds" -- "A Sleep and a Forgetting" -- Grief of the Dead -- Unregenerate -- Burden of Existence -- Spirit of the Saints -- Children of Light -- Love, the Hierophant -- Love of Woman -- Divine Beauty -- "I Turn Toward Thee" -- Truth within Us -- Mystics Know -- Asleep to the World -- Faithful Are One Soul -- Ladder to Heaven -- True Sufi -- Nothing Venture Nothing Win -- Man Who Looked Back on His Way to Hell -- Spiritual Churning -- Blind Follower -- Birds of Solomon -- Carnal Soul -- Beauty of Death -- A Prayer for Good Behaviour -- Communion with the Saints -- Man Who Fled from Azrael -- "Omnes Eodem Cogimur" -- Faith and Works -- "No Monkery in Islam" -- Do Not Travel Alone -- Fine Feathers -- Treasure-Seeker -- Mystic Way -- Sceptic -- Evil in Ourselves -- Hierarchy of Saints. |
| Language |
In English; translated from Persian. |
| Subject |
Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273 -- Translations into English.
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Sufi poetry, Persian -- Translations into English.
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Religion -- Mysticism. |
| Added Author |
Nicholson, Reynold Alleyne, 1868-1945.
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| ISBN |
9781851680962 |
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1851680969 |
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