A Treasury of Rumi
About The Book
This new anthology of Rumiās teachings is freshly translated and supplemented with commentaries, and also includes selected texts in Persian. The aim is to bring readers closer to his work's true, traditional meaning ā and to the man himself as a great Islamic scholar, teacher and saint.
Besides illustrating the traditional basis of Rumiās teachings, this Treasury displays his unique genius as one of the worldās greatest religious writers, whose voice speaks as clearly and compellingly today as in the 7th/13th century.
'Everyone has, in their view, become my close friend
but they have not sought out the secrets within me.ā
About The Author
Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley is Lead Curator for Persian and Turkish Collections at the British Library, London. His main research specialisations are the palaeography, codicology, illumination and cataloguing of Islamic manuscripts; and the classical verse and prose literature of Islamic spirituality.
Among the numerous works edited by Dr. Waley areĀ Islamic Codicology: an Introduction to the Study of Manuscripts in Arabic Script; the English translation ofĀ Tafsir al-Jalalayn; several works by Sheikh Muhammad Mutawalli al-Shaārawi; theĀ Integrated Encyclopedia of Qurāan; and theĀ Kitab al-AdhkarĀ of Imam al-Nawawi.
About Mawlana Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Mevlana or MawlÄnÄ and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207Ā ā 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. Iranians, Turks, Cappadocian Greeks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy in the past seven centuries.Ā His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. He has been described as the "most popular poet in America"Ā and the "best selling poet in the US".
Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, though a few written in the lower status vernacular (Cappadocian Greek) of the region in which he settled are preserved. His Mathnawi remains one of the purest literary glories of Persia, and one of the crowning glories of the Persian language. His original works are widely read today in their original language across the Persian-speaking world (Iran, Tajikistan,Ā AfghanistanĀ and parts of Persian speaking Central Asia and theĀ Caucasus).Ā Translations of his works are very popular, most notably inĀ Turkey,Ā Azerbaijan, theĀ United StatesĀ and South Asia. His poetry has influencedĀ Persian literatureĀ as well asĀ Turkish,Ā Punjabi,Ā UrduĀ and some other Iranian, Turkic and Indic languages that have been influenced by Persian, e.g.Ā Pashto,Ā Ottoman Turkish,Ā ChagataiĀ and Sindhi.
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A Treasury of Rumi
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About The Book
This new anthology of Rumiās teachings is freshly translated and supplemented with commentaries, and also includes selected texts in Persian. The aim is to bring readers closer to his work's true, traditional meaning ā and to the man himself as a great Islamic scholar, teacher and saint.
Besides illustrating the traditional basis of Rumiās teachings, this Treasury displays his unique genius as one of the worldās greatest religious writers, whose voice speaks as clearly and compellingly today as in the 7th/13th century.
'Everyone has, in their view, become my close friend
but they have not sought out the secrets within me.ā
About The Author
Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley is Lead Curator for Persian and Turkish Collections at the British Library, London. His main research specialisations are the palaeography, codicology, illumination and cataloguing of Islamic manuscripts; and the classical verse and prose literature of Islamic spirituality.
Among the numerous works edited by Dr. Waley areĀ Islamic Codicology: an Introduction to the Study of Manuscripts in Arabic Script; the English translation ofĀ Tafsir al-Jalalayn; several works by Sheikh Muhammad Mutawalli al-Shaārawi; theĀ Integrated Encyclopedia of Qurāan; and theĀ Kitab al-AdhkarĀ of Imam al-Nawawi.
About Mawlana Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Mevlana or MawlÄnÄ and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207Ā ā 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. Iranians, Turks, Cappadocian Greeks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy in the past seven centuries.Ā His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. He has been described as the "most popular poet in America"Ā and the "best selling poet in the US".
Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, though a few written in the lower status vernacular (Cappadocian Greek) of the region in which he settled are preserved. His Mathnawi remains one of the purest literary glories of Persia, and one of the crowning glories of the Persian language. His original works are widely read today in their original language across the Persian-speaking world (Iran, Tajikistan,Ā AfghanistanĀ and parts of Persian speaking Central Asia and theĀ Caucasus).Ā Translations of his works are very popular, most notably inĀ Turkey,Ā Azerbaijan, theĀ United StatesĀ and South Asia. His poetry has influencedĀ Persian literatureĀ as well asĀ Turkish,Ā Punjabi,Ā UrduĀ and some other Iranian, Turkic and Indic languages that have been influenced by Persian, e.g.Ā Pashto,Ā Ottoman Turkish,Ā ChagataiĀ and Sindhi.
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About The Book
This new anthology of Rumiās teachings is freshly translated and supplemented with commentaries, and also includes selected texts in Persian. The aim is to bring readers closer to his work's true, traditional meaning ā and to the man himself as a great Islamic scholar, teacher and saint.
Besides illustrating the traditional basis of Rumiās teachings, this Treasury displays his unique genius as one of the worldās greatest religious writers, whose voice speaks as clearly and compellingly today as in the 7th/13th century.
'Everyone has, in their view, become my close friend
but they have not sought out the secrets within me.ā
About The Author
Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley is Lead Curator for Persian and Turkish Collections at the British Library, London. His main research specialisations are the palaeography, codicology, illumination and cataloguing of Islamic manuscripts; and the classical verse and prose literature of Islamic spirituality.
Among the numerous works edited by Dr. Waley areĀ Islamic Codicology: an Introduction to the Study of Manuscripts in Arabic Script; the English translation ofĀ Tafsir al-Jalalayn; several works by Sheikh Muhammad Mutawalli al-Shaārawi; theĀ Integrated Encyclopedia of Qurāan; and theĀ Kitab al-AdhkarĀ of Imam al-Nawawi.
About Mawlana Rumi
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, Mevlana or MawlÄnÄ and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi (30 September 1207Ā ā 17 December 1273), was a 13th-century Persian poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi's importance is considered to transcend national and ethnic borders. Iranians, Turks, Cappadocian Greeks, Afghans, Tajiks, and other Central Asian Muslims as well as the Muslims of South Asia have greatly appreciated his spiritual legacy in the past seven centuries.Ā His poems have been widely translated into many of the world's languages and transposed into various formats. He has been described as the "most popular poet in America"Ā and the "best selling poet in the US".
Rumi's works are written mostly in Persian, though a few written in the lower status vernacular (Cappadocian Greek) of the region in which he settled are preserved. His Mathnawi remains one of the purest literary glories of Persia, and one of the crowning glories of the Persian language. His original works are widely read today in their original language across the Persian-speaking world (Iran, Tajikistan,Ā AfghanistanĀ and parts of Persian speaking Central Asia and theĀ Caucasus).Ā Translations of his works are very popular, most notably inĀ Turkey,Ā Azerbaijan, theĀ United StatesĀ and South Asia. His poetry has influencedĀ Persian literatureĀ as well asĀ Turkish,Ā Punjabi,Ā UrduĀ and some other Iranian, Turkic and Indic languages that have been influenced by Persian, e.g.Ā Pashto,Ā Ottoman Turkish,Ā ChagataiĀ and Sindhi.
