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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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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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