Rumi Illustrated

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Discover the timeless poetry of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a 13th-century Persian mystic, scholar, and poet. This beautifully Chinese-bound collection brings together a diverse range of his poems exploring themes like love, life, mysticism, and spirituality.

An exquisite selection of Rumi’s poetic works, featuring his renowned Rubaiyat and Masnavi.

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273) was a Persian poet, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic from Greater Khorasan in Iran. This volume presents a curated selection of his poems, covering a wide array of topics such as love, marriage, life and death, passion, and mysticism.

Included are pieces from his religious collection, the Rubaiyat, as well as excerpts from the Masnavi, one of the most significant works in Sufi Islamic mysticism. Rumi’s influence extends far beyond Persian literature, impacting the literary traditions of Ottoman Turkish, Chagatai, Urdu, Bengali, and Pashto languages.

Some of the poems featured in this edition include:

• A Cry to the Beloved
• The Prince of the Fair
• Mortality and Immortality
• Remember God and Forget Self
• Thou Art the Soul of the World
• The Moon-Soul and the Sea
• Our Desert hath No Bound
• The Divine Friend
• When I Die
• The Journey to the Beloved
• The World gave thee False Clues
• At Morning Tide
• Thou and I

From the Masnavi, the collection includes stories such as:

• The Prince and the Handmaid
• The Lion and the Beasts
• The Sufi's Beast
• The Falcon and the Owls
• The King and his Two Slaves
• The Man who made a Pet of a Bear
• The Travellers who ate the Young Elephant
• The Jackal who Pretended to be a Peacock
• The Elephant in a Dark Room
• Mahmud and Ayaz
• The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass
• The Three Travellers

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