Masnavi

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Masnavi is a six-volume epic poem by the 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi, revered as one of the greatest works of Sufi spiritual and philosophical literature.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Persian literary work ⓘ
Sufi literature ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi

Mathnawi ⓘ
Mathnawi-ye Ma'nawi ⓘ
linked to: Mathnawi
approximateLineCount about 25000 couplets ⓘ
associatedWith Konya ⓘ
Mevlevi order ⓘ
linked to: Mevleviyya
author Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi ⓘ
linked to: Rumi

Rumi ⓘ
compositionStarted circa 1258 ⓘ
contains Quranic allusions ⓘ
anecdotes ⓘ
hadith references ⓘ
parables ⓘ
genre mystical poetry ⓘ
spiritual poetry ⓘ
hasCommentaries numerous Persian commentaries ⓘ
hasTranslations translated into many languages ⓘ
influenced Ottoman literature ⓘ
Persian literature ⓘ
South Asian Sufi poetry ⓘ
intendedAudience Sufi disciples ⓘ
intendedFunction spiritual guidance ⓘ
language Persian ⓘ
literaryForm narrative interwoven with commentary ⓘ
mainTheme annihilation of the self (fana) ⓘ
divine love ⓘ
moral and ethical teaching ⓘ
spiritual journey toward God ⓘ
numberOfVolumes 6 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Greater Khorasan ⓘ
linked to: Khorasan

Rum Seljuk Sultanate ⓘ
regardedAs one of the greatest works of Sufi literature ⓘ
spiritual commentary on the Quran ⓘ
religiousContext Islam ⓘ
religiousStatus venerated text in Sufi circles ⓘ
religiousTradition Sufism ⓘ
rhymeScheme aa bb cc ⓘ
structure six books ⓘ
subject Sufi metaphysics ⓘ
ethics and proper conduct (adab) ⓘ
inner purification ⓘ
relationship between human and God ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ
verseForm masnavi ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rumi → notableWork → Masnavi ⓘ
Rumi → notableWork → Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Mevleviyya → associatedText → Masnavi ⓘ
Persian literature → hasNotableWork → Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Masnavi → alsoKnownAs → Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Mathnawi → alsoKnownAs → Masnavi ⓘ
Mathnawi → alsoKnownAs → Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Mathnawi → alsoKnownAs → Spiritual Masnavi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Fihi Ma Fihi → relatedWork → Masnavi ⓘ
Makatib → relatedWork → Masnavi ⓘ
Persian culture → notableWork → Masnavi ⓘ
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi → partOf → Rumi's poetic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Majalis-e Sab'a → relatedWork → Masnavi ⓘ
Jalāl al-Dīn → mainWork → Masnavi ⓘ
بوستان → قالب → مثنوی ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Mawlawiyya → influencedBy → Jalal al-Din Rumi's Masnavi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Mawlawiyya → influencedBy → Jalal al-Din Rumi's Divan-e Shams ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Khwaju Kermani → wroteInForm → masnavi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Ismail Ankaravi → commentaryOn → Rumi’s Mathnawi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Diwan-e Kabir → distinguishedFrom → Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Molānā → notableWork → Masnavi ⓘ
Molānā → notableWork → Masnavi-ye Ma'navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Intihā-nāma → influencedBy → Masnavi-ye Ma‘navi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Rabāb-nāma → relatedWorkAuthor → Mathnawī-yi Maʿnawī by Rumi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
The Sufi Path of Love → analyzes → Rumi’s Masnavi ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi
Persian writing tradition → notableWork → Masnavi-ye Maʿnavi manuscripts ⓘ
linked to: Masnavi