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What is the best collection of Rumi poetry?
Top 10 Best Rumi Books
- The Essential Rumi by Coleman Barks.
- Rumi: The Book of Love by Coleman Barks.
- The Masnavi, Book One by Jawid Mojaddedi.
- Rumi’s Little Book of Life by Maryam Mafi and Azima Melita Kolin.
- The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak.
- The Illuminated Rumi by Coleman Barks.
- The Pocket Rumi by Kabir Helminski.
Why is Rumi poetry so popular?
“Rumi was an experimental innovator among the Persian poets and he was a Sufi master,” says Jawid Mojaddedi, a scholar of early and medieval Sufism at Rutgers University and an award-winning Rumi translator. “This combination of mystical richness and bold adaptations of poetic forms is the key to his popularity today.”
What is Sufi poetry called?
Islamic mystical poetry, also called Sufi poetry, is one of the best-known forms of Islamic literature. The works of Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī (1207 – 1273) are among the most popular poems in history, and the influence of Sufi literature on Persian, Indian, and Southeast Asian Islamic writing has been profound.
When did Rumi write his poems?
For the last twelve years of his life, beginning in 1262, Rumi dictated a single, six-volume poem to his scribe, Husam Chelebi. The resulting masterwork, the Masnavi-ye Ma’navi (Spiritual Verses), consists of sixty-four thousand lines, and is considered Rumi’s most personal work of spiritual teaching.
Which book of Rumi should I read?
The one book which has the most complete history of Rumi is “Rumi, Past and Present, East and West” by Franklin Lewis. A collection of Rumi’s poetry by Coleman Barks entitled “The Essential Rumi” is a place to start to look for a variety of his stories. It contains popularized versions of Rumi’s works.
Who translated the Essential Rumi?
Coleman Barks
The essential Rumi / translated by Coleman Barks, with John Moyne, A.J. Arberry, Reynold Nicholson. Author/Creator: Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, Maulana, 1207-1273.
What does Rumi say about life?
Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor. I am not this hair, I am not this skin, I am the soul that lives within. Be full of sorrow, that you may become hill of joy; weep, that you may break into laughter. Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.