Routledge Revivals: More Tales from the Masnavi (1963)

by A.J. Arberry

First published in 1963, this work puts into clear and rhythmical English one hundred stories and apologues of the Masnavi of Rumi.

Composed over a period of many years during the thirteenth century, as a manual of instruction and initiation into spiritual life, the Masnavi has long been acclaimed the greatest mystical epic of Islam. The tales were designed to illustrate in human terms the often complex doctrine, and this they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138210080
• ISBN13: 9781138210080
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages