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The Mesnevī

The Mesnevī

by Maulana Jalal al-Din Rumi

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Author
Jalal al-Din Rumi, Maulana, 1207-1273
Title
The Mesnevi
Credits
Produced by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PK: Language and Literatures: Indo-Iranian literatures
Subject
Sufi literature
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 61724
Release Date
March 31, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes
  2. 2.THE MESNEVĪ (USUALLY KNOWN AS THE MESNEVĪYI SHERĪF, OR HOLY MESNEVĪ) OF MEVLĀNĀ (OUR LORD) JELĀLU-’D-DĪN, MUHAMMED, ER-RŪMĪ.
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE. 1
  6. 6.SELECTED ANECDOTES
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6. — 7. — 8. — 9. — 10. — 11. — 12. — 13.
  8. 8.CHAPTER II. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6.
  9. 9.CHAPTER III. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6. — 7. — 8. — 9. — 10. — 11. — 12. — 13. — 14. — 15. — 16. — 17. — 18. — 19. — 20. — 21. — 22. — 23. — 24. — 25. — 26. — 27. — 28. — 29. — 30. — 31. — 32. — 33. — 34. — 35. — 36. — 37. — 38. — 39. — 40. — 41. — 42. — 43. — 44. — 45. — 46. — 47. — 48. — 49. — 50. — 51. — 52. — 53. — 54. — 55. — 56. — 57. — 58. — 59. — 60. — 61. — 62. — 63. — 64. — 65. — 66. — 67. — 68. — 69. — 70. — 71. — 72. — 73. — 74. — 75. — 76. — 77. — 78. — 79. — 80. — 81. — 82. — 83. — 84. — 85. — 86. — 87. — 88. — 89. — 90. — 91. — 92. — 93. — 94.
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6. — 7. — 8. — 9. — 10. — 11. — 12. — 13. — 14. — 15. — 16. — 17. — 18. — 19.
  11. 11.CHAPTER V. — 1. — 2. — 3.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5. — 6. — 7. — 8. — 9. — 10. — 11. — 12. — 13. — 14. — 15. — 16.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII. — 1. — 2. — 3. — 4. — 5.
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. — 1. — 2.
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX.
  16. 16.THE BOOK OF THE MESNEVĪ
  17. 17.PREFACE.
  18. 18.Proem. The Reed-Flute. — I. The Prince and the Handmaid.
  19. 19.II. The Oilman and the Parrot.
  20. 20.III.
  21. 21.IV. Another Jewish King, Persecutor of Christians.
  22. 22.V. The Lion and the Beasts.
  23. 23.VI. The Greater (Spiritual) Warfare.
  24. 24.VII. The Merchant and the Parrot.
  25. 25.VIII. The Harper.
  26. 26.IX. The Poor Scenite Arab and his Wife.
  27. 27.X. Patience and Perseverance under a Teacher.
  28. 28.XI. The Lion’s Hunt, in Company.
  29. 29.XII. Joseph and the Mirror.
  30. 30.XIII. The Prophet’s First Amanuensis.
  31. 31.XIV. The Chinese and Roman Artists.
  32. 32.XV. Zeyd’s Inspiration.
  33. 33.XVI. Ali’s Forbearance.
  34. 34.XVII. Conclusion. — FOOTNOTES:

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