http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/JALAL_AL%E2%80%93DIN_MUHAMMAD_RUMI_MATHNAVI-I_MA%E2%80%99NAVI2.jpg/250px-JALAL_AL%E2%80%93DIN_MUHAMMAD_RUMI_MATHNAVI-I_MA%E2%80%99NAVI2.jpgThe Masnavi extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, the celebrated Persian Sufi saint and poet. It is one of the best known and most influential works of both Sufism and Persian literature. The Masnavi is a series of six books of poetry that each amount to about 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines. It is a spiritual writing that teaches Sufis how to reach their goal of being in true love with God.

Volume 1 & 2: They “are principally concerned with the nafs, the lower carnal self, and its self-deception and evil tendencies.”

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