Masnawi Sacred Texts Of Islam Book Six — Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi

The Composition of this Masnavi has been delayed for a season Time is needed for blood to become milk Till thy fortune comes forth as a new born babe Blood becomes not milk sweet and pleasant to the mind When that light of God Husamu d Din Turned his course down from the summit of heaven This Masnavi which is the polisher of spirits Its recommencement occurred on the day of Opening The commencement date of this precious work Was the year six hundred and sixty two of the Flight The Bulbul started on this date became a hawk Yea a hawk to hunt out these mysteries May the wrist of the King be the resting place of this hawk And may this door be open people for ever Masnawi is Rumi s major work in form of Spiritual Couplets a six volume poem regarded by some Sufis as Persian language Qur an The Masnawi is Rumi s greatest poetic work composed during the last years of his life He began it when he was between the ages of 54 57 about 1258 1261 and continued composing its verses until he died in 1273 with the last story remaining incomplete It is a compendium of sufi stories ethical teachings and mystical teachings It is deeply permeated with Qur anic meanings and references Rumi himself called the Masnavi the roots of the roots of the roots of the Islamic Religion and the explainer of the Qur an Masnavi Book I Preface img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img

The Masnawi is Rumi s greatest poetic work composed during the last years of his life He began it when he was between the ages of 54 57 about 1258 1261 and continued composing its verses until he died in 1273 with the last story remaining incomplete It is a compendium of sufi stories ethical teachings and mystical teachings It is deeply permeated with Qur anic meanings and references Rumi himself called the Masnavi the roots of the roots of the roots of the Islamic Religion and the explainer of the Qur an Masnavi Book I Preface The story of how the beginning of the composition of the Masnavi has been told in the hagiography written by Aflaki written between 1318 53 a disciple of Rumi s grandson Sirajuddin the Mathnawi reciter masnavi khwan at the Tomb of Rumi told the story that the reason for the composition of the book of the Masnavi ye Ma nawi which is the Revealer of the secrets of the Qur an was One day Hazrat i Husamuddin Chelebi Rumi s closest disciple may God sanctify his precious secret found out that some of the friends in complete relish and greatlove were making serious efforts to study the Book of the Divine Ilahi Nama of the sufi poet Hakim Sana i and the Speech of the Birds ManTiqu T Tayr and the Book of Misfortune Musibat Nama of the sufi poet Fariduddîn Attar and who were delighted by studying their mystical secrets and accounts of the unusual spiritual amorousness of the lovers of God displayed by them The Masnavi is divided into six books and Rumi wrote prefaces for each book The earliest complete manuscript the Konya manuscript was completed in December 1278 five years after Rumi s death Books 1 and 2 They are principally concerned with the nafs the lower carnal self and its self deception and evil tendencies Books 3 and 4 These books share the principal themes of Reason and Knowledge These two themes are personified by Rumi in the Biblical and Quranic figure of the Prophet Moses Books 5 and 6 These last two books are joined by the universal ideal that man must deny his physical earthly existence to understand God s existence img src https s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com dia kitadagitim ckeditor_assets pictures 53 content_1_original_original jpg alt height 15 width 15 font size 1 color white font img