The Masnavi, Book Three

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Jalal al-Din Rumi(Autor*in)

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Erschienen am 14. November 2013

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Cover
Contents
Introduction
Note on the Translation
Select Bibliography
A Chronology of Rumi
THE MASNAVI
BOOK THREE
Prose Introduction
Exordium
Don't eat baby elephants!
A lover's mistake is better than the stranger's correct act
Prayer and the pure mouth
The answer to prayers
The townsman and the villager
The People of Sheba and the Prophets
The falcon and the ducks
The Zarwan nation
Majnun and Layli's dog
The jackal who pretended to be a peacock
The man who greased his moustache to show off
Bal'am ben Ba'ur
Exegesis of 'You will know them through the corruption of their speech'
Harut and Marut
Pharaoh's attempts to prevent Moses' birth
The frozen snake that came back to life
Moses and Pharaoh's magicians
The elephant in the dark
Infidelity and God's decree
The barber and the man with grizzled hair
The companions of the Prophet and the Qur'an
The error of reading a love letter when you are next to the beloved
The man who prayed for a livelihood without having to work
The teacher who was tricked by his pupils into believing he was sick
Shaikh Amputee
Pharaoh's threats to his magicians
The mule's complaint to the camel
Ozayr's ass
The shaikh who did not grieve the death of his sons
The man who regained sight whenever reading the Qur'an
Friends of God who choose not to pray
Bohlul and the dervish
The visions of Daquqi
Jesus' escape from the fool
The People of Sheba and the Prophets
The tale about the blind, far-sighted man, the deaf, sharp-eared man, and the naked man wearing a long skirt
The hares and the elephant
A parable about prudence
The vow of the dogs every winter
The wisdom in the creation of hell
Kings and the small gate in the city wall of Jerusalem
The Sufi who was made ecstatic by an empty mealcloth
Jacob and Joseph's shirt
The prince and the slave who stayed in the mosque to pray
When Prophets lose hope
Ordinary people have faith based on fear and hope
Hidden friends of God
Anas and the Prophet Mohammad's napkin
The Prophet saves a caravan in the desert
Need draws God's bounty
The baby that bore witness to the Prophet Mohammad
The eagle that lifted away the Prophet's boot
The man who asked Moses to teach him the languages of animals
The woman whose children all died in infancy
Hamza's refusal to wear body armour
The advantages of deliberation
Belal's embrace of death
The world and the body
Reason and revelation
The reverence disciples should have for their masters
The enemy of the sun
Levels of knowledge
The relativity of knowledge
Self-annihilation and subsistence in God
The love of the vakil of Bukhara for his ruler, the sadr
The appearance of the Holy Spirit to Mary
The haunted mosque
The worldliness of Galen
How Satan tricked the Qoraysh
A drum of inappropriate size
Chick peas boiling in a pot compared with true believers
The Masnavi and its critics
The foal that would not drink near commotion
The cry of the Devil to dissuade you from the path
The attraction of elements to their source
The soul's attraction to the spiritual world
The Prophet Mohammad and his foes
The flea complains about the wind to Solomon
The union of the lover who was not true
Explanatory Notes
Glossary
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