Masnavi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Masnavi-I Ma'navi, Mesnevi, Mathnawi, Ma'navi, Mathnavi, Masnavi Manavi, Masnavi Maanavi
thumb|250px| The Masnavi is an extensive Persian masnavi (a poetic form) written by Rumi, and one of the most influential works in the history of Sufism. It is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines.
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- Author
- Rumi (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Balkhī)
- First published
- 1851
- Editions
- 39
- Subjects
- Persian Sufi poetry, Persian language, Texts and translations, Translations into Arabic, Translations into English, Islam, Sufi poetry, Persian, Philosophy
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- مثنوی معنوی
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- Masnavi
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- بشنو از نی چون حکایت میکند
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14 sectionsContents
- General description
- Creation
- Themes and narrative devices
- Editions and translations
- Editions
- Other English translations from Persian
- Paraphrases of English translations
- Turkish translations
- Urdu and Persian interpretations
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|250px| The Masnavi is an extensive Persian masnavi (a poetic form) written by Rumi, and one of the most influential works in the history of Sufism. It is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines.
Ascribed to be like a "Quran in Persian", some Muslims regard the Masnavi as one of the most important works of Islamic literature, falling behind only the Quran. It has been viewed by many commentators as the greatest mystical poem in world literature. It is a spiritual text that teaches Sufis how to reach their goal of being truly in love with God.