{"product_id":"the-mesnevi","title":"The Mesnevi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Mesnevi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Jalal ad-Din Rumi (trans. James W. Redhouse)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Mesnevi (Masnavi) is Jalal ad-Din Rumi's six-volume masterwork of Sufi poetry, a sprawling collection of parables, stories, and mystical teaching often called \"the Quran in Persian\" for its central place in Islamic spiritual literature. Composed in the 13th century, it explores the soul's longing for union with God through allegory, humor, and lyrical intensity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition is James W. Redhouse's 19th-century English translation of Book I, one of the earliest attempts to render Rumi's poetry for English readers, preserving the rhythmic and narrative character of the original.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA public-domain work, offered as a free digital edition by Nile Book Store.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:15px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.04em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#8b7355;margin:26px 0 10px 0;\"\u003eExcerpt\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cblockquote style=\"border-left:3px solid #c9a25a;margin:0;padding:2px 0 2px 18px;font-style:italic;color:#3a332a;line-height:1.6;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom reed-flute hear what tale it tells;\u003cbr\u003eWhat plaint it makes of absence' ills:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“From jungle-bed since me they tore,\u003cbr\u003eMen's, women's, eyes have wept right sore.\u003cbr\u003eMy breast I tear and rend in twain,\u003cbr\u003eTo give, through sighs, vent to my pain.\u003cbr\u003eWho's from his home snatched far away,\u003cbr\u003eLongs to return some future day.\u003cbr\u003eI sob and sigh in each retreat,\u003cbr\u003eBe't joy or grief for which men meet.\u003cbr\u003eThey fancy they can read my heart;\u003cbr\u003eGrief's secrets I to none impart.\u003cbr\u003eMy throes and moans form but one chain,\u003cbr\u003eMen's eyes and ears catch not their train.\u003cbr\u003eThough soul and body be as one,\u003cbr\u003eSight of his soul hath no man won.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Jalal ad-Din Rumi","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":50144747880696,"sku":"EN-61724","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/4798\/0280\/files\/leonardo_61724_the-mesnevi_final.jpg?v=1786510963","url":"https:\/\/nilebookstore.com\/ar\/products\/the-mesnevi","provider":"Nile Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}