Rumi Illustrated

Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207–73) was a 13th-century Persian poet, Islamic scholar, theologian, and Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan in Iran. Mahdi Salari Nasab holds a PhD in Philosophy and Public Law from the Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, and has published various titles about the works of Rumi, including an introduction to the Masnavi Ma’navi of Rumi, The Book of Shams-e Tabrizi and Living in Words, examining the intellectual and artistic heritage of Rumi.

Introduction

Poems:

A Cry to the Beloved The Prince of the Fair Mortality and Immortality Remember God and Forget Self Thou Art the Soul of the World The Moon-Soul and the Sea Our Desert hath No Bound The Divine Friend When I Die The Journey to the Beloved The World gave thee False Clues At Morning Tide Thou and I

From the Masnavi:

The Prince and the Handmaid The Lion and the Beasts The Sufi’s Beast The Falcon and the Owls The King and his Two Slaves The Man who made a Pet of a Bear The Travellers who ate the Young Elephant The Jackal who Pretended to be a Peacock The Elephant in a Dark Room Mahmud and Ayaz The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass The Three Travellers