Easily the most beautiful set of books I possess is the Persian to Urdu translation of Rumi’s Masnavi . It is six volumes bound in blue leather, each with a frontispiece.

"Masnavi" is a series of six books of poetry by the celebrated 13th-century Persian poet Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi. The poem (which runs to more than 25,000 verses) is based on Sufi teaching ...

Ms Hussain talked about the first encounter between Rumi and Shams. She said Maulana Rumi was sitting near a pool and teaching some students when the two first met. Shams pointed to the books and ...

LAHORE: Musician Anjum Sherazi has composed the Urdu translation of Maulana Rumi’s famous masnavi composed in bherveen. The verses have been translated by Azhar Munir. Sherazi and Nasir Baloch ...

For Pakistan's national poet Allama Iqbal 145th birth anniversary on Tuesday, observers are highlighting the influence of Mevlana, or Maulana Rumi, a 13th century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic ...

KARACHI: For national poet Muhammad Iqbal's 145th birth anniversary on Tuesday, observers are highlighting the influence of Maulana Rumi, a 13th-century Sufi mystic, poet and Islamic scholar.Born ...

Rumi was the uncrowned king of spirituality and having a great personality like Maulana Rumi is a matter of great honor and pride for the Muslim community. Professor Muzaffar Ali Kashmiri chaired ...

A Mirrored Life: The Rumi Novel by Rabisankar Bal (translated by Arunava Sinha) is a metaphor-and-anecdote-heavy ride through a world of mysticism, with the eve ...