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Masnavi Manavi #4
The Mathnawi of Jalalud'din Rumi, Translation of Books III and IV
Rumi is the greatest mystic poet to have written in Persian, and the Masnavi is his masterpiece. Divided into six books and consisting of some 26,000 verses, the poem was designed to convey a message of divine love and unity to the disciples of Rumi's Sufi order, known today as the Whirling
Dervishes. Like the earlier books, Book Four interweaves amusing stories with homilies to instruct pupils in understanding of God's meaning. It has a special focus on the mystical knowledge of the spiritual guide, elaborated through stories such as Solomon's inspiration to the Queen of Sheba, and
animal fables.
This is the first ever verse translation of Book Four of the Masnavi. It follows the original by presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert
introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Dervishes. Like the earlier books, Book Four interweaves amusing stories with homilies to instruct pupils in understanding of God's meaning. It has a special focus on the mystical knowledge of the spiritual guide, elaborated through stories such as Solomon's inspiration to the Queen of Sheba, and
animal fables.
This is the first ever verse translation of Book Four of the Masnavi. It follows the original by presenting Rumi's most mature mystical teachings in simple and attractive rhyming couplets.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert
introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
496 pages, Hardcover
First published January 4, 1270
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Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
1,170 books15.7k followersSufism inspired writings of Persian poet and mystic Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi; these writings express the longing of the soul for union with the divine.
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī - also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master") and more popularly simply as Rumi - was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic who lived in Konya, a city of Ottoman Empire (Today's Turkey). His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages, and he has been described as the most popular poet and the best-selling poet in the United States.
His poetry has influenced Persian literature, but also Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Azerbaijani, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu, as well as the literature of some other Turkic, Iranian, and Indo-Aryan languages including Chagatai, Pashto, and Bengali.
Due to quarrels between different dynasties in Khorāṣān, opposition to the Khwarizmid Shahs who were considered devious by his father, Bahā ud-Dīn Wālad or fear of the impending Mongol cataclysm, his father decided to migrate westwards, eventually settling in the Anatolian city Konya, where he lived most of his life, composed one of the crowning glories of Persian literature, and profoundly affected the culture of the area.
When his father died, Rumi, aged 25, inherited his position as the head of an Islamic school. One of Baha' ud-Din's students, Sayyed Burhan ud-Din Muhaqqiq Termazi, continued to train Rumi in the Shariah as well as the Tariqa, especially that of Rumi's father. For nine years, Rumi practised Sufism as a disciple of Burhan ud-Din until the latter died in 1240 or 1241. Rumi's public life then began: he became an Islamic Jurist, issuing fatwas and giving sermons in the mosques of Konya. He also served as a Molvi (Islamic teacher) and taught his adherents in the madrassa. During this period, Rumi also travelled to Damascus and is said to have spent four years there.
It was his meeting with the dervish Shams-e Tabrizi on 15 November 1244 that completely changed his life. From an accomplished teacher and jurist, Rumi was transformed into an ascetic.
On the night of 5 December 1248, as Rumi and Shams were talking, Shams was called to the back door. He went out, never to be seen again. Rumi's love for, and his bereavement at the death of, Shams found their expression in an outpouring of lyric poems, Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. He himself went out searching for Shams and journeyed again to Damascus.
Rumi found another companion in Salaḥ ud-Din-e Zarkub, a goldsmith. After Salah ud-Din's death, Rumi's scribe and favourite student, Hussam-e Chalabi, assumed the role of Rumi's companion. Hussam implored Rumi to write more. Rumi spent the next 12 years of his life in Anatolia dictating the six volumes of this masterwork, the Masnavi, to Hussam.
In December 1273, Rumi fell ill and died on the 17th of December in Konya.
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī - also known as Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Balkhī, Mevlânâ/Mawlānā (مولانا, "our master"), Mevlevî/Mawlawī (مولوی, "my master") and more popularly simply as Rumi - was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian and Sufi mystic who lived in Konya, a city of Ottoman Empire (Today's Turkey). His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages, and he has been described as the most popular poet and the best-selling poet in the United States.
His poetry has influenced Persian literature, but also Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Azerbaijani, Punjabi, Hindi, and Urdu, as well as the literature of some other Turkic, Iranian, and Indo-Aryan languages including Chagatai, Pashto, and Bengali.
Due to quarrels between different dynasties in Khorāṣān, opposition to the Khwarizmid Shahs who were considered devious by his father, Bahā ud-Dīn Wālad or fear of the impending Mongol cataclysm, his father decided to migrate westwards, eventually settling in the Anatolian city Konya, where he lived most of his life, composed one of the crowning glories of Persian literature, and profoundly affected the culture of the area.
When his father died, Rumi, aged 25, inherited his position as the head of an Islamic school. One of Baha' ud-Din's students, Sayyed Burhan ud-Din Muhaqqiq Termazi, continued to train Rumi in the Shariah as well as the Tariqa, especially that of Rumi's father. For nine years, Rumi practised Sufism as a disciple of Burhan ud-Din until the latter died in 1240 or 1241. Rumi's public life then began: he became an Islamic Jurist, issuing fatwas and giving sermons in the mosques of Konya. He also served as a Molvi (Islamic teacher) and taught his adherents in the madrassa. During this period, Rumi also travelled to Damascus and is said to have spent four years there.
It was his meeting with the dervish Shams-e Tabrizi on 15 November 1244 that completely changed his life. From an accomplished teacher and jurist, Rumi was transformed into an ascetic.
On the night of 5 December 1248, as Rumi and Shams were talking, Shams was called to the back door. He went out, never to be seen again. Rumi's love for, and his bereavement at the death of, Shams found their expression in an outpouring of lyric poems, Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi. He himself went out searching for Shams and journeyed again to Damascus.
Rumi found another companion in Salaḥ ud-Din-e Zarkub, a goldsmith. After Salah ud-Din's death, Rumi's scribe and favourite student, Hussam-e Chalabi, assumed the role of Rumi's companion. Hussam implored Rumi to write more. Rumi spent the next 12 years of his life in Anatolia dictating the six volumes of this masterwork, the Masnavi, to Hussam.
In December 1273, Rumi fell ill and died on the 17th of December in Konya.
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January 24, 2018
Dalam buku keempat daripada magnum opus Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi Balkhi ini, kedudukan dan martabat ilmu khususnya ilmu yang diberikan kepada para nabi dan auliya yang tidak hanya berdasarkan pancaindera dan akal rasional tetapi sering dikelabui oleh hijab yang tidak cuba disingkap oleh manusia melalui cara dan kaedah yang dapat menjadi sebab kepada tersingkapnya tabir itu.
November 6, 2019
خاصه چشم دل که آن هفتاد توست
وین دو چشم حس خوشهچین اوست
(مثنوی، دفتر چهارم)
دو چشمی که همهٔ ما برای دیدن استفاده میکنیم برای حداقلِ دیدن کفایت میکند. در حقیقت چشمها همچون دیگر اعضای بدن تنها میتوانند کاری محدود انجام دهند.
مولانا بر چشم دیگری که بسیار مهمتر و بیناتر از چشم فیزیکی ماست تأکید دارد. آن چشم که وسعت دید نامحدود دارد چشم دل است که میتواند اموری را ببیند که چشم فیزیکی ما هرگز قادر به دیدن آن نیستند؛ چشمی که بدون دخالت بدن به روح و روان ما مربوط است.
هرچه روح و روان آدمی پاکتر و صیقلیتر باشد بینایی چشم دل قویتر و گستردگی دید آن بیشتر است. اموری هستند که تنها با چشم دل قابل دیدن هستند. به تعبیر رابرت فرانک فیلسوف انگلیسی: تنها با قلب است که میتوان درست دید. چشم چیزهای مهم را نمیتواند ببیند.
وین دو چشم حس خوشهچین اوست
(مثنوی، دفتر چهارم)
دو چشمی که همهٔ ما برای دیدن استفاده میکنیم برای حداقلِ دیدن کفایت میکند. در حقیقت چشمها همچون دیگر اعضای بدن تنها میتوانند کاری محدود انجام دهند.
مولانا بر چشم دیگری که بسیار مهمتر و بیناتر از چشم فیزیکی ماست تأکید دارد. آن چشم که وسعت دید نامحدود دارد چشم دل است که میتواند اموری را ببیند که چشم فیزیکی ما هرگز قادر به دیدن آن نیستند؛ چشمی که بدون دخالت بدن به روح و روان ما مربوط است.
هرچه روح و روان آدمی پاکتر و صیقلیتر باشد بینایی چشم دل قویتر و گستردگی دید آن بیشتر است. اموری هستند که تنها با چشم دل قابل دیدن هستند. به تعبیر رابرت فرانک فیلسوف انگلیسی: تنها با قلب است که میتوان درست دید. چشم چیزهای مهم را نمیتواند ببیند.
March 6, 2021
Mojadeddi obsession with rhyming vitiates the poetry of Rumi. Reading this book can be likened to pulling the arms of jumper to make it fit. It will eventually increase in size but because its been pulled out of shape it won't fulfill its purpose.
August 31, 2019
Masnawi has always been full of life lessons.
January 31, 2021
4. Cildi. Aslında cildler birbirinin devamı gibi değil, ama tamamlayıcı.
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