Rumi: Mystic and Poet

Rumi: Mystic and Poet

Selections from His Writings

Translated from the Persian with Introduction and Notes by Reynold A. Nicholson

Author: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi

Publisher: Islamic Book Trust

ISBN: 9789670526911

Weight: 0.4 kg

Page: 190 pp

Year: 2021

Price: RM29

I hear nothing in my ear

But your voice.

Heart has plundered mind

of its eloquence.

Love writes a transparent

Calligraphy, so on

The empty page my soul

Can read and recollect.

The Sufi mystic and poet Jal?l ad-D?n Muhammad R?m? is most beloved for his writings which represent the ecstasies and mysteries of life in all its forms—erotic, platonic divine—which are fresh and intense today as when they were first written by this medieval Persian poet and spiritual genius.

In this compact volume, Reynold Alleyne Nicholson, the renowned Islamic scholar, combines his research in Sufi doctrines and history with a rich account of the spiritual and metaphysical significance of Sufism as a living tradition. This volume reveals R?m?’s charm and depth of thought more than in any other book.