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Ages 12 years & over. A collection of stories from Rumi's classic opus The Mathnawi, this astounding compilation of over 24,000 verses is carefully adapted for younger audiences. Best known for his spiritual poetry and the whirling dance of sufi practice he inspired, Rumi's influence... Read Full Overview

A collection of stories from Rumi's classic opus The Mathnawi, this astounding compilation of more than 24,000 verses is carefully adapted for younger audiences. Best known for his spiritual poetry and the whirling dance of sufi practice he inspired, Rumi's influence continues... Read Full Overview

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi- Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi is his full name, but Mevlana is his popular name known in his homeland, Konya-Turkey. In the English-speaking world, however, he is popularly known as Rumi. He lived in the 13th century, 1207 - 1273. The day he died is known... Read Full Overview

The Masnavi of Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273), a massive poem of some 25,000 rhyming couplets, by common consent ranks among the world's greatest masterpieces of religious literature. The material which makes up the Masnavi is divisible into two different categories: theoretical... Read Full Overview

Often described as the bible of the Sufis, the Mathnawi is a 13th-century mystical poem by Jalalu'l-Din Rumi, the Persian poet and mystic. Professor Nicholson presents translations of the most important stories from this work, which explore the deep questions of life's meaning... Read Full Overview