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Rūmī's Mystical Design: Reading the Mathnawi, Book One
Contributor(s): Safavi, Seyed Ghahreman (Author), Weightman, Simon (Author), Nasr, Seyyed Hossein (Foreword by)

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 ISBN: 1438427964     ISBN-13: 9781438427966
Publisher: State University of New York Press
OUR PRICE: $33.20  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2009
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Annotation: This landmark book reveals the structure of Rūmī's thirteenth-century classic, the Mathnawī. A beloved collection of 25,000 picturesque, alliterative verses full of anecdotes and parables on what appear to be loosely connected themes, the Mathnawī presents itself as spontaneous and unplanned. However, as Seyed Ghahreman Safavi and Simon Weightman demonstrate, the work has a sophisticated design that deliberately hides the spiritual so that readers, as seekers, have to find it for themselves--it is not only about spiritual training, it is spiritual training. Along with a full synoptic reading of the whole of Book One, the authors provide material on Rūmī's life, his religious position, and his literary antecedents. Safavi and Weightman have provided readers, students, and scholars with a valuable resource: the guide that they wished they had had prior to their own reading of this great spiritual classic.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Islam - History
- Religion | Mysticism
Dewey: 891.551
LCCN: 2008051943
Series: Suny Series in Islam
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (0.85 lbs) 290 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Islamic
Features: Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2010 pg. 255
 
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This landmark book reveals the structure of Rumī's thirteenth-century classic, the Mathnawī. A beloved collection of 25,000 picturesque, alliterative verses full of anecdotes and parables on what appear to be loosely connected themes, the Mathnawī presents itself as spontaneous and unplanned. However, as Seyed Ghahreman Safavi and Simon Weightman demonstrate, the work has a sophisticated design that deliberately hides the spiritual so that readers, as seekers, have to find it for themselves--it is not only about spiritual training, it is spiritual training. Along with a full synoptic reading of the whole of Book One, the authors provide material on Rumī's life, his religious position, and his literary antecedents. Safavi and Weightman have provided readers, students, and scholars with a valuable resource: the guide that they wished they had had prior to their own reading of this great spiritual classic.
 
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