Quatrains of Rumi, Paperback by Farhadi, A. G. Rawan (TRN); Gamard, Ibrahim W...

by Ibrahim W. Gamard

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Quatrains of Rumi, Paperback by Farhadi, A. G. Rawan (TRN); Gamard, Ibrahim W., ISBN 1941610676, ISBN-13 9781941610671, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This is the first complete translation into English of the nearly two thousand quatrains attributed to Jalaluddin Rumi, the famous thirteenth century Persian mystical poet. Less attention has been given by scholars to his quatrains than to the rhymed couplets in his Masnavi) and the odes in his Divan). Instead, what has been available are mostly distorted and popularized versions of the quatrains that are often made by authors who do not read Persian. The present book addresses this deficit by providing accurate translations and plentiful explanations made through the collaboration of two Rumi scholars: Rawan Farhadi (an Afghan) and Ibrahim Gamard (an American). The quatrains are ordered into numerous stages and themes of the mystical path of the “ lover” and the “ beloved” (the spiritual disciple and Sufi master).A. J. Arberry, the renowned British Rumi scholar (and author of Mystical Poems ofRumi), wrote about Rumi’ s quatrains: “ … after taking into account all the requisites of literary appreciation and criticism, we may reckon in the neighborhood of 500 of these ruba' iyat as among the finest masterpieces of Persian literature.” William C. Chittick, the American Rumi scholar (and author of The Sufi Path of Love: The Spiritual Teaching of Rumi), wrote about the present book: “ This most welcome addition to the liter

• Publisher: Fons Vitae of Kentucky, Incorporated
• Year: 2023
• ISBN: 9781941610671
• Condition: Fine

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