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Masnavi

Rumi's spiritual couplets: stories and teachings on love and the soul's return to God, opening with the song of the reed.

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  1. 01Masnavi 1.0Prologue↗
  2. 02Masnavi 1.1Story I. The Prince and the Handmaid (p. 5).↗
  3. 03Masnavi 1.2Story II. The Oilman and his Parrot (p. 10).↗
  4. 04Masnavi 1.3Story III. The Jewish King, his Vazir, and the Christians (pp. 12-22).↗

Masnavi, tr. E. H. Whinfield (abridged)
E. H. Whinfield, 1898

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Masnavi i Ma'navi: The Spiritual Couplets of Maulána Jalálu-'d-Dín Muhammad i Rúmí, translated and abridged by E. H. Whinfield, 2nd edition (London: Trübner, 1898). Public domain. Text read from the Princeton Theological Seminary Library copy on the Internet Archive. · Source ↗

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