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Rūmī and the Sufi Tradition

By Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Like a majestic peak that dominates the countryside around it near and far, the figure of Mawlānā Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, that supreme Sufi poet of the Persian language, dominates the whole of the later Sufi tradition in the eastern lands of Islam.

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The Masnavi, Book Four

Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece.

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Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi (translator)
2017
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The Masnavi, Book One

Rumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called "the Koran in Persian." The thirteenth-century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes.

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Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi (translator)
2008
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The Masnavi, Book Three

Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece.

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Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi (translator)
2014
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The Masnavi, Book Two

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.

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Rumi, Jawid Mojaddedi (translator)
2008
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