Masnavi
Persian poetic work on Sufism by Rumi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Sufi poem by Rumi. For the type of poem, see Masnavi (poetic form).
The Masnavi, or Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi (Persian: مثنوی معنوی, DMG: Mas̲navī-e maʻnavī), also written Mathnawi, or Mathnavi, is an extensive poem written in Persian by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, also known as Rumi. The Masnavi is one of the most influential works of Sufism, ascribed to be like a "Quran in Persian".[1] Some Muslims regard the Masnavi as one of the most important of Islamic literature, falling behind only the Quran.[2] It has been viewed by many commentators as the greatest mystical poem in world literature.[3] The Masnavi is a series of six books of poetry that together amount to around 25,000 verses or 50,000 lines.[4][5] It is a spiritual text that teaches Sufis how to reach their goal of being truly in love with God.[6]