{"product_id":"a-treasury-of-rumi-guidance-on-the-path-of-wisdom-and-unity-9781847741028","title":"A Treasury of Rumi: Guidance on the Path of Wisdom and Unity","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere are many sides to Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī - scholar, preacher, saint, mystic, love poet, didactic poet, and spiritual master - but the version of him that became the best-selling poet in North America lacks authenticity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Everyone has, in their view, become my close friend; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut they have not sought out the secrets within me.' \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-- From Rūmī's Masnavī\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new anthology is freshly translated and supplemented with commentaries, and also includes selected texts in Persian. The aim is to bring readers a full appreciation of the true, traditional nature of his work- and to the man himself as a great Muslim teacher and spiritual guide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBesides illustrating the traditional basis of Jalāl al-Dīn's teachings, this Treasury displays his unique literary genius as well as his profundity as one of the world's greatest religious writers, whose voice speaks as clearly and compellingly today as it did in the 7th\/13th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Treasury of Rumi has been used as teaching material in courses and lectures by at least four university professors and\/or leading imams in North America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMuhammad Isa Waley: Dr. Muhammad Isa Waley is Lead Curator for Persian and Turkish Collections at the British Library, London. His main research specialisations are the palaeography, codicology, illumination and cataloguing of Islamic manuscripts; and the classical verse and prose literature of Islamic spirituality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmong the numerous works edited by Dr. Waley are \u003ci\u003eIslamic Codicology: an Introduction to the Study of Manuscripts in Arabic Script\u003c\/i\u003e; the English translation of \u003ci\u003eTafsir al-Jalalayn\u003c\/i\u003e; several works by Sheikh Muhammad Mutawalli al-Sha'rawi; the \u003ci\u003eIntegrated Encyclopedia of Qur'an\u003c\/i\u003e; and the \u003ci\u003eKitab al-Adhkar\u003c\/i\u003e of Imam al-Nawawi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kube Publishing Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50545182408978,"sku":"9781847741028","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7eeba235-9f0f-4c56-9beb-fac3894acbf4.jpg?v=1731542008","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-treasury-of-rumi-guidance-on-the-path-of-wisdom-and-unity-9781847741028","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}