The Mathnawi of Jalalu'din Rumi - Book 2: The Mathnawi of Jalalu'din Rumi - Book 2

Book 2 of the Mathnawi of Jalaluddin Rumi. Offered as prose in couplet form, based on the 1925 translation by Reynold Nicholson. The translation has been updated using the notes included at the end of Book 4 in Nicholson's original translation, the commentary by Nicholson, and occasional changes suggested by a lifelong student and teacher of the Mathnawi.Rumi presents a description of the nature of life on earth, and the place of human beings in the Divine Play. We are offered insights into...