The Masnavi (Oxford World's Classics) Book:Book Four the National Library in Cairo

the National Library in Cairo

Appendices by prominent classicists on such topics as “Greek Drama and Politics

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it suggests holistic and easily applied remedies to the problems it examines

The Masnavi (Oxford World's Classics) Book:Book Four the National Library in CairoRumi's Masnavi is widely recognized as the greatest Sufi poem ever written, and has been called 'the Koran in Persian'. The thirteenth century Muslim mystic Rumi composed his work for the benefit of his disciples in the Sufi order named after him, better known as the whirling dervishes. In order to convey his message of divine love and unity, he threaded together entertaining stories and penetrating homilies. Drawing from folk tales as well as sacred