The Masnavi of Rumi

Often called the “Quran in Persian,” Rumi's Masnavi became one of the most influential works in Islamic spirituality and remains a cornerstone of Sufi thought. Composed in the thirteenth century, this vast poetic masterpiece threads together stories, parables, humour, scriptural reflections, and mystical teachings into a profound exploration of the soul's journey into God. Addressing both ordinary struggles and ultimate questions, Rumi explores themes of love, longing, ego, compassion, suffering, self-knowledge, and union with the divine. Readers of The Prophet and God Makes the Rivers to Flow will recognise many of the same themes of divine love, spiritual longing, and transformation. Through its intimate anecdotes and luminous insights, it continues to invite readers to see beyond the duality of self and other, toward the deeper love and lover in whom all things are wed.